Shoe Cabinet Holds 24 Shoes, Black Finish (Black) (34"H x 30"W x 11 1/2"D) Review

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(More customer reviews)1. The instructions specifically state, "Do not use power drill. Make sure not overtighten to avoid stripping the wood." -- FOR GOOD REASON
2. The board is made of sawdust barely kept together by I don't know what. Do not forget this for one second during your assembly.
3. The parts include four difficult to distinguish types of slat for four different functions and, as I say, 134 pieces of hardware of sometimes nearly indistinguishible types (the worst are the four pieces of rollers you tear out of the black plastic that is also the side of the drawer)
4. The first instructions have you install most of the hardware, including the 24 "camlocks" -- which the instructions say, "UNLOCKED POSITION" (oh -- there aren't any more sentences in the instructions until you have most of the hardware installed -- just so you know). One problem with this: what is the unlocked position? It took me about two hours -- no exaggeration -- to finally figure this out using a magnifying glass, which became a very important tool in my assembling of this monster.
5. God forbid you should pick the thing up the wrong way at the wrong time, because the weight-bearing pieces disintigrate to the particles of sawdust they were somehow created from.
6. The whole thing is held together by screws screwed into pre-drilled holes, which came stripping out without any problem when, as I say, I tried to pick it up the wrong way (holding onto one side to tip it up, that's all, I wasn't trying to do some scottish hurling exhibition, I'm just a weak 50-year-old woman who wouldn't have thought it was so easy to break furniture apart... but then again, I think -- I KNOW -- that I've never put together a piece of pre-fabricated furniture of such completely inferior quality)
7. Having given up on looks completely (by the way, the handles are plastic too), I glued and nailed the pieces larger than a dime back together and proceeded....
8. The instructions have you assemble the pieces of the drawer before screwing this drawer assembly onto the drawer's front panel. Major problem with this: the pieces aren't in and of themselves sufficient to hold each other together, so the slat of board that constitutes the bottom of the drawer falls out constantly while you try to keep it together with spiderwebs and wishes until the screws are all in.
9. When you do attach the drawer assembly to the drawer front, by the way, you have to do so by screwing four screws into positions where they are almost completely inaccessible by a screw driver. This was the most aggravating step of those steps which I managed to complete successfully without anything going wrong.
10. Installing the drawer into position. Pure hell. The bottom drawer for some reason let itself be attached in about 15 minutes, but the top one refused for an hour just because, as far as I can tell, all the screw holes were not drilled in quite the right positions, so that even when the slot for the rollers were aligned perfectly with the rollers (I got pretty darn good at aligning), the drawer assembly was about 1 or 2 millimeters too wide for the rollers I was trying to slide it onto. I finally saw that the roller wasn't flush with the side of the furniture, took it off, and sure enough some of the black plastic from where I had to tear it out of its place in the black drawer side was preventing it from being screwed down all the way. Couldn't remove it any other way, so had to sand it. Note: add sanding paper to your list of necessary tools. Still, even having sanded it down it still took 15 minutes to force it into place (I used to be attracted to Zen, I didn't want to force it, but fists were the only tool left in my toolbox that had any chance of doing what needed to be done, and so they did).
11. They don't give you enough pieces of backing, by the way, to actually cover the whole back, only the top 2/3 of it, so don't plan on exposing the back of this piece of furniture in any way unless you've given up on looks even more than I now have.
12. Also, as I say, the bottom of the drawer is just a slat of wood, so if you plan on putting wet or dirty shoes in this cabinet then make sure you've prepared the floor underneath to prevent damaging it.
Oh -- and 24 pairs of shoes??? I've got 14 in there, and that's only with smushing some of them in, and having to really force two other pairs down into the drawer in order to get the drawers closed. And I'm only a woman's size 8. I don't see how you could get 24 pairs of shoes in there unless they're young children's shoes.
I do wish I could give this product zero stars, but since I can't and since I do still find the concept, at least, appealing, I'm making peace with giving it the one star minimum.

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Keep your favorite footwear beautifully organized in this sleek shoe cabinet. Up to 24 pairs of shoes are cleverly concealed behind two drop-down doors, yet easily accessible - each drop door opens in one smooth motion, so you can quickly view and select the pair you want. Helps you accessorize your outfits while keeping your closet floor free of shoe clutter. This stylish shoe storage system is also attractive enough to be used as a bedroom or entryway furnishing. Constructed of durable, easy-to-clean melamine in your choice of White, Black, or Oak, this shoe cabinet can accommodate up to a men's size 13 shoe. These units have back panels for added structural stability. The back panels are not for decorative purpose as they are not visible behind the shoe racks. The open area is left to provide ventilation. Dimensions: 34"H x 30"W x 11 1/2"D. Assembly required. Made in the USA.Also available in the following sizes: 1 Tier3 Tiers Assembly level/degree of difficulty: Complex or Lengthy. Made in America

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