Ellsworth Space Saver with Door and Shelves

Tried assembling this on Friday night and found several defects in the boards. (Defects meaning holes that were not drilled that should have been, or holes that were the incorrect size to fit the indicated items (too small)).

I've emailed the company and asked for new parts, but have yet to hear back. I'm hoping I will hear back and they will make it right, because it looks like it will be a nice piece of furniture for us. Overall, not impressed that the product was not manufactured correctly. Seems like they could use some quality control.

UPDATE: The company mailed me replacement parts, which worked out ok. I do want to note that the instructions for assembly are sometimes not quite in the correct order, like it tells you to put on the board that goes behind the toilet, before saying 'oh hey, maybe you should put this together behind the toilet'. Same with the back panel it tells you to put it in after you can't put it in basically, you have to be smarter than the instructions to put this together.

It's a nice piece of furniture, but it took some issues to get it assembled, so I'm going to keep this review at 2 stars.

Overall, this is a nice cabinet. Exactly as pictured. That being said, I have a few grumblings about the overall construction and assembly of this cabinet.

1. I bought two of these cabinets. Once set was missing a metal lock screw, the other had just enough. Usually when you buy something like this, they have the sense to put extras of each in the bag, not so.

2. On BOTH sets, there were dowels that were TOO long--so long that they punctured through the material covering the particle board (different sections on each set). That sections of the cabinet it effected is not in open view, but I know it's there and it is a little irritating.

3. There were assembly line flaws that they "corrected" on one of the cabinet's bottom section in the front. Probably a hole that they did not mean to drill there, and covered it up with putty and probably colored it in with a marker. Again, probably not noticable if you don't point it out, but I know it is there and it would look horrible in bright light. Someone in their assembly line really needed to scrap that piece and start another one. Now I am stuck with it.

4. In addition to a dowel hole(s) being too long, the holes were too big on each set or the dowels were too small--you pick. Dowels should fit snug, these did not. It made for a frustrating solo assembly since they wouldn't stay put. Maybe a larger dowel would have worked, but I had to work with what I had.

5. The shelf within the cabinet is really nice, but the cabinet will not fit squirt bottles or anything taller than a bottle of shampoo in it. I had to lean my bathroom cleaners to the side and pile them in. I tried to assemble the other cabinet without the shelf, but the cabinet would not look right if I did that and lessen its capacity. Thankfully the shelf is only held in by dowels, so I suppose I could simply re-drill holes that were lower--but why should I have to do that? Maybe in production, they can drill different level holes so the customer can decide where they want the shelf.

6. The dry wall screws they provided to bolt it into your wall are cheap. Get your own. I have a box of them I bought from Ikea--surprisingly they work awesome. Speaking of Ikea, if they would have had a cabinet similar to that, I would have bought it there.

Finally, my review of this cabinet is it looks nice... as long as you don't get a section of the cabinet that shows a dowel hole that punctured through. My advice would be to drill your own little holes for a shelf within the cabinet if you plan on putting bathroom cleaners and squirt bottles in it like I planned to. Bottomline, you get what you paid for.. but for a cabinet that was $70, I expected a little higher assembly quality, adjustable shelves, the correct sized dowels, and enough supplies to get the job done.

Overall review:

Look: B+ to an A

Assembly: C

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This spacesaver looks really nice in my bathroom. I like that the color is almost black. At first when I looked at all the pieces in the box I thought it would be way over my head to put it together. But voila! ... Before I knew it, it was all together! There was only one mistake in the printed instructions and I had to backtrack a couple of steps to get it together. But overall, the instructions were good and I'm really happy with the quality for the cost. It could have been taller (I have high ceilings), but I knew the measurements before I ordered it. I would recommend it to a friend.

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The design is nice and it is sturdy. It was easy to put together., The only complaint is the shelves could be an inch or two higher. Can't put in most cleaning supplies, without putting them on their sides. shampoo bottles, or hair spray cans. Anything that may have a top or a spray does not fit..

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great quality and easy assembly. I would recommend this item over alot of the low cost items of the same nature. This is strong and sturdy

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