SIMPLIHOME Artisan SOLID WOOD Universal TV Media Stand, 72 inch Wide, Transitional, Living Room Entertainment Center, Storage Cabinet, for Flat Screen TVs up to 80 inches in Distressed Grey

This media stand is very solidly built, and looks beautiful. The unit comes disassembled in a rather heavy box. It took about an hour to carefully unpack and sort the pieces, and about 5-6 hours to fully assemble it. The instructions are long, but very clear and easy to follow. The only required tools are 2 screwdrivers (one flat-head, one Philips). An awl came in handy for starting the short screws for the back panels, for which holes are not pre-drilled. Everything else fit together nicely and had pre-drilled holes. Some reviews mention problems with scratches and imperfections in the finish, but my unit was in perfect shape. The wood and the finish are quite handsome, and it looks great in my TV room! I’m very happy with the unit.This is entirely made of solid wood with a nice polished finish (except for the back panels, which are thin luan plywood, but that’s typical even on solid wood furniture). It’s more expensive than other units I looked at, but its a real piece of wooden furniture, not cheap chipboard, and I feel like it was worth the money.

Working for a furniture store when I was in college, I have put many pieces furniture together over the years. The process has always been the same. Inspect and open the box, pull out the instructions, find and organize the hardware and start assembling at step one.I was impressed. The instructions were plainly written and easy to understand. The pictures provided plenty of detailed information. Not only was the hardware neatly packaged, but each component was individually packaged and labeled corresponding to the instructions. Even the extra hardware was packaged separately and individually labeled.When starting the assembly, I noticed the necessary structural pieces for step 1 were first out of the box and plainly labeled. Moving on to step 2 again the needed pieces were easily accessible. Nice. No need to dig through the box to find the part you need. Something to consider when you have limited space in which to work. The labels on the components were positioned to be covered by any overlapping piece. No need to remove any label, you'll never see it in the completed cabinet.Overall quality of the product is above average for furniture of this type.

I really like this piece and it's well made but definitely NOT easy to assemble. First the good things about it: 1) It's solid wood and pretty well made2) It's a really nice color and they had a bunch of colors to select from3) It came super quick. Like three days to Hawaii4) It was delivered right to my door so I didn't have to move it up the stairs myself5) It is exactly as described6) They include a lot of extra screws and they are well labeled, which was critical as I stripped some of the screws and lost some in the carpet7) The instructions are clear and easy to follow with words and pictures8) The hardware is very nice and well made9) This is a well designed piece and it looks really good when it's done. The stain is even and all the parts match wellNow the bad things about it:1) There are so many screws to put in. You need a good Phillips head screw driver. You actually need an electric screw driver/drill to put this together without straining you wrist2) Some of the predrilled holes were so shallow that it was hard to get the screws to go into the wood. I had to get out my drill and re drill some of the holes2) Some of the predrilled holes were missing all together so you will definitely need an electric drill to put this together if yours is missing some holes3) This piece is HEAVY! You will need two people to lift it upright off the floor at some point4) Some parts are impossible to put together by one person. You need more than two hands for some parts like screwing on the back pieces and attaching the doors to the main part5) There are some scratches and dings on the piece I got. They are pretty small so I can touch them up6) Since part of this cabinet is assembled while the cabinet is laying down on it's side and then the last part has to be assembled while it is standing up, you will need to be able to easily get up and down off the floor repeatedly. So if you have trouble doing this you will have trouble getting this put together. It took us many hours over several days for it to be assembled7) This thing is so heavy it would be hard to put back in the box and send back. I had to open the package on the porch and bring in the pieces a few at a time. You will have to be strong to get this thing off the porch and into your house while it's still in the box. You're best to assemble it near where you will use it because it is super heavy to be moved, even by two peopleEven with the problems I had I would buy this again as the price was good and I can't get anything comparable where I live

I purchased the 53" cabinet. It was packed well - luckily no damage, and the delivery guys were super nice - they carried the very heavy box straight into my living room. It was easy to put together - I did it by myself in about 2 hours, (it probably would have been faster with someone else helping but I was excited to get it). The instructions were easy to understand - I've put enough Ikea furniture together now that it's becoming second nature. It's sturdy and a perfect size for my 55" TV. It looks beautiful and I'm very glad I purchased it. I didn't want to mount my TV on the wall and my old TV cabinet was too low to watch TV comfortably.

We used this media stand as a bar cabinet for storing our liquor and glasses. Looks great in our living room. Easy to assemble with sturdy wood materials. The value for the price was very good.