Beautiful but takes forever to build
359804
This piece exceeded expectations. I thought the grey would look like cheap painted wood but they're actually very high gloss. The construction seems sturdy and it's very beautiful.  My only complaint is that the instructions are sorta hard to see and it takes FOREVER to put together. Set aside an afternoon if you're alone.
3287322
I bought this for my 5 1/2 yr old daughter for Christmas.  Grandpa put it together, and it took him over 3+ hours.  The canopy bed came broken, he tried to glue it but it wouldn't stick. I'm going to see if I can find glue for plastics rather than the super glue he used.

I'm giving it a 5 star because even though it took forever to put together, its beautiful, sturdy (made it from Jersey to DC on its side with no problems), it had tons of accessories and my daughter totally LOVES it!!!
3740405
When they say it takes 2 people to make this they really mean it!  Kind of awkward build.  They seem to think you would build this in an enormous room where you could put the middle slates section (built first) right next to the frame that needs to initially be built separately.  So that took some maneuvering as my room isn't that large!  Make sure that you have some one help you with at least the first half.  Attaching the wooden slates to the middle bar was extremely hard solo.  Completely my fault as I usually don't believe them when they say it'll take two people.
Lastly on the build, the final step where you screw the slats into the frame is confusing as the photo makes it seem like there are holes in the frame for this.  There are not!  Nor are there supposed to be that is why they give you that type of screw.  Not really a problem, just took some effort as I don't have a drill.  Make sure to align evenly against the frame or the whole section is off kilter.
End product:  Very solid and it looks beautiful.  Exactly like the picture.  All parts that you can see (frame) are made out of great looking wood.  Once everything is screwed together the frame is stable and doesn't make any sounds.  If you do notice it sinking in the middle (more for carpet people) just remember that the bottom of the middle legs can be extended by unscrewing the black piece.  They don't mention this but I definitely had to extend them a little to make sure the middle had the right amount of support.
The frame does look a little large around my mattress but that is only because is is square and spring mattresses are not :)
3105125
so cute but just a 4 star because assembly is time consuming!
1178129
Its a beautiful product but it got that rating because its not easy to put together. Took about 5-6 hours because the screws were all messed up. Instructions were not clear, had to use common sense. Still couldn't get some screws to come together, had to use wood glue for it stay together.
1199734
Takes forever to build but is a solid son of a bitch, I love this TV stand and was well worth the log build, it is a great piece to add to the home
1333341
This is a lovely piece.  It works well and looks nice.  However, the construction was pretty difficult and time consuming.  The instructions were fairly detailed, but the pieces were not marked. The pictures provided were small enough that it was difficult to distinguish one piece from another.  My husband, who is pretty talented at this kind of thing, required my help.  I'm not good at this kind of thing, but between the two of us we finally were able to tell which part belonged where.  And there were a bunch of different parts.  This is not a matter of "some assembly required."  This is a matter of starting from scratch and building it little piece by little piece.
4494495
Took me a few weeks to build but the end result was so worth it. Came with all pieces! Now I just have to glue and frame it :)
1080425
Nice quality and attractive enough to keep in your adult living space. My 15 month old is still a bit short for this but absolutely loves his new kitchen. The one negative is that this takes FOREVER to assemble. It took us a good 2-3 hours and had several steps. Tell Santa to have his elves come into work early if you am to have this sitting under the tree.
2699936
A playful quote in the manual says, 'Rome wasn't built in a day, but you can do this.' Glad to see the levity, but you'll need both the positive attitude and a good part of the day to assemble. Nice looking piece, but this takes a significant amount of time to build. Once constructed, it has the look and feel of high-quality furniture. I understand why for this price you would use pressed wood and veneer overlays for most of the piece, but why would you use the same surface on the top where people set drinks? Seems like this will be easily be damaged.
3014331
It looks great but it was such a pain to put together that I'd never buy this again. First you have to pry open tons of little metal pieces to put through holes in the base, then you have to open them again to try to slide in the glass baubbles. Too much work. It took me forever. It's pretty but it should have come pre-assembled.
2873980
Okay, first off this chest looks amazing after it's fully assembled.  The down fall is to get to the fully assembled part.
This chest was a total pain in the butt to put together and took about 2 hours total for two adults who have put together flat-packed furniture a billion times.
The instructions make sense if you're a contractor and it's easy to put together if you've got eight arms like an octopus....  There was a few times I demanded we just throw it into the front yard and light it on fire.
But... After two hours of fighting the bench, it look amazing at the end of our bed and I'm very happy with our purchase. Its also pretty sturdy and came packaged very well.
2839836
I love this desk.  It's beautiful and sturdy and the glass top makes the keyboard tray much easier to use.  That being said, the assembly is a nightmare.
I'm fairly handy with tools and good at deciphering instructions, but their estimate of 30 minutes for putting it all together is a joke.  I gave the desk a "5" in spite of the hassle because it is well worth the small price I paid for it.
2084372
This takes a lot of work to put it together (have to wait overnight for glue to dry). Must have a lot of patience when launching and have a lot of baking soda and vinegar. It takes multiple times to get it right. But when it does launch right it's really cool and goes really high.  My 5 year old loves it.
3307560
I grabbed this as an impulse buy at a local crafts shop. I probably put about 3-4hrs into building it. The pieces are tiny, you will need small needlenose pliers, tin snips, and tweezers to build this model. The instructions give you the flow chart for building parts and assembling them in the proper order, but they do not give you any more instruction. I found it most difficult to properly form the cylindrical, or curved pieces. I also had trouble in the final steps getting all of the tabs to fit properly. There are very small detail pieces that are easy to crush and bend in the process of building the model too, it's a very delicate process.

Overall, the model looks really cool when completed, but it is somewhat frustrating to build. With practice i'm sure it would become more fun.
945212
Great product once it's built! You do have to commit a little time to building it because it's a bit repetitive with the pieces but after that it's great!
1874942
Very nice but a difficult assembly to properly construct--a warning that when snapped together it should be for final assembly only is required.