Jela Solid Wood 6 Drawer Wide Roll Cart in White - Modern/Contemporary

This chest is better than you are thinking or hoping it will be. If you've been burned by junk from 3rd party sellers on Amazon that doesn't live up to the reviews, this piece will restore your faith in some manufacturers and maybe even Amazon. This unit literally comes from the Amazon (the river, not the junk store), being made in Brazil. Maybe that's why it isn't falling apart before you even receive it or put it together like products from the "far east". The drawers really are made of solid wood. Yes it is pine but it is very clear pine and you aren't going to get anything but manufactured wood for the price of the unit. It goes together just like things used to using real carpentry skills (easy) and hardware. I had no missing predrilled holes as reported by some. The drawer boxes go together with half rabbit lap joints and simple screws without predrilled holes that could result in loose screws. Some people may see that as a problem, I consider it normal furniture construction, without flat-pack weird hardware. I can see that step being hard for some folks that can't drive a screw into soft pine or keep the drawer parts aligned with a helper or a clamp -- a 90 degree picture frame clamp for the win. This is the best finished piece of real wood furniture I've seen in anything like this price class. I could not finish it better. Don't love the orangish color but it has been applied professionally with care, not what we're all becoming used to. If you need a cabinet that fits under a desk, holds a lot, looks pretty darned good, and isn't junk, you're looking at what may be your best option that isn't $800.

This storage cabinet is amazing! It holds so much. I have it under my desk and it has eliminated all the clutter that was stored in cubbies and trays/sorters on top of my desk. The quality is very good as the drawers are solid wood (except for the back panel and the drawer bottoms); not particle board or flimsy panels like another cabinet sold like this. I am only giving this product 4 stars because the construction is more complicated than indicated. Pieces are not marked (I marked them before constructing) and some of the holes are not pre-drilled as noted. You will also do well to have a power drill to assemble the cabinet. A wood craftsman put this together for me and it took him about 4 hours over 2 days in order to correct some of the drilling misses and to square the cabinet as he was constructing it. Also, some of the drawer runners, which are all wood as well, were a bit ragged and had to be sanded down. All in all, it was worth the trouble and I love the cabinet.

Once together, this product is great, super sturdy and definitely serves its purpose. It is also short enough to fit under a desk if needed. Assembly started out a little complicated. I did have to undo one part because I got the pieces mixed up with the pictures provided. Take it slow and you’ll be fine. My big tip - use an electric screwdriver or drill. The “self-tapping” screws make it a little harder if it’s just one person putting it together and you use the provided tool or normal screwdriver. One drawer took me over 30 minutes to put together by hand, but with my drill, I had the rest done in less time than it took for the one.

You get what you pay for. The reason why a solid wood piece is so affordable? The parts that hold it together are cheap quality and the manufacturer doesn't spend any manpower giving you numbered parts or even guide holes for screws. The actual wood parts are beautiful -- well made and true to the images online. The other parts, however, make for a nightmare assembly and, in the end, don't even fit together. 1) Hammer, hammer, hammer. I hope you're on good terms with your neighbors, because you'll be hammering for hours. From the drawers to the wheel casters to even the drawer runners, you'll be making so much noise that I highly recommend doing this in the daytime only if you happen to live in apartments (apologies to my neighbors if you're reading). 2) Cheap drawer runners that are plastic have to be smashed into their guide holes, and the drawers don't fit smoothly into them, making it a pain to pull them in and out (even Ikea and our cheap nightstands from Wayfair have metal drawer runners, so what gives? You expect us to slowly drag drawers in and out with wood on plastic?). 3) When you do get to use screws, you'll have to drill pilot holes everywhere. No Phillips head hand screwdriver will do because you're screwing directly into solid wood as there aren't guide holes for the drawers, only for the outside panels. 4) Speaking of hammering, you'll have to hammer in the back panel with 16 nails. We wound up screwing them in place instead, which was not only sturdier but also faster. 5) After assembling everything we found out that the drawer bottoms are cut unevenly and aren't flush with the actual drawers themselves. On top of that, the drawers are too big for the slots once you get them on the cheap runners. We could barely pull them out once we pushed them in. Needless to say, we wound up returning.

This is a do-it-yourself kit. You should have some experience with hand tools and with building furniture kits. It's a bit tricky to put together so don't try to do it on the floor. Build it on a bench or table. Use some of the cardboard carton to protect the cart and the surface you're working on. Tools needed, the included instructions notwithstanding: #2 Phillips screwdriver, electric screwdriver with #2 Phillips bit, rubber mallet (a piece of soft wood and a metal hammer should work fine). accurate small square, wood glue (for loose dowels). Optional: I used small sheet metal screws to attach the back panel. #4 x 1/2" is about right. You may require a #1 Phillips bit/screwdriver for the small screws. Driving nails through MDF is no fun, so drill pilot holes for the screws if you use them. A 7/64" or #32 drill bit is about right for a #4 screw. Drill just the MDF, not the cabinet wood. Keep checking with that square. Some screw holes in the cabinet are pre-drilled but not all. Do not try to assemble this without an electric screwdriver of some sort. If you can set the torque, set it for a low value and finish driving the screw by hand. Be careful as the wood is soft. The cabinet goes together pretty easily. There are directions, but look at the drawings and the parts and you may see an easier way to assemble it. Check it continually with a good square. Some of the dowels are undersized. Don't bother sending for more; just use a little Elmer's wood worker's glue for the loose ones. The drawers are another matter. There are no pilot holes for the screws. You have to hold the parts carefully in position and then drive in one screw in each corner. Use the drawer bottom to hold the front and two sides fairly square. Keep checking with the square. Use your fingers to make sure the parts are flush before driving a screw. The screws do go in easily, but make sure they are right the first time as getting a screw to go in right next to a hole that's a little off is pretty difficult. Once all five parts of the drawer are assembled, check again for squareness and then put in the remaining screws. The ends of the parts and drawer bottoms are quite square, so once the screws are tightened, the drawer comes out pretty well. The drawer slides work pretty well but there are no drawer stops so use caution when pulling out a loaded drawer. The included casters are a waste time on carpet although they work OK on a hard floor. Instead, look for an inexpensive set of non-marring (grey) casters at least 2" in diameter. Get plate casters, not stem casters. Amazon is a good source. Mount with four small Phillips or square drive screws. You might want to source the screws locally so that the heads won't pull through the holes in the caster plate but also won't interfere with the swivelling on the caster. Good luck. Recommended with the above caveats.

I needed something to store my Mountain of Craft Supplies that didn't cost me hundreds of dollars. Just used a hammer and a screwdriver. Assembly - super freaking easy as someone that does not assemble things often. Do read the directions at least once, but keep the directions handy, as the pieces aren't "labeled" like other furniture I've built (with the letter stickers or whatever). It's not hard to figure out which piece is which though. You have to assemble the body, and then the drawers, then the drawers just slide in. Quality - The thing is actual good quality wood. Like, it smells like a wood shop wood. It's not the weird, cheap wood dust compressed into a board, EXCEPT for where the wheels go. Do be careful with that portion, and when putting the wheel parts on. One of the wheels, the wood around it is the saw dust crap, and surprise it busted on one of the wheels. Now, that could've been user error, as the first time I moved it, I realized I didn't hammer in the little piece all the way. That, coupled with how much crap I have in that making it heavy. Could have been why. But, I don't like the way the wheels look as a personal preference, and I don't need to move the thing around, so it's fine - plus from what the directions said, and other reviews, the manufacturer is really good about getting pieces to replace if something goes awry or broke in transit, etc. The drawer rails are plastic which, ngl, was weird as hell at first, but they do work really well. Do read the directions on which part to hammer in first, because I did that part backwards, and a couple of drawers are not flush when I close them all - again, user error. All in all, the price for the size - like a nightstand/couch side table, and the quality of wood was worth it. The drawers actually hold quite a lot too. So yeah, like 9.9 out of 10.

The finished product looks pretty good (if you don't look too closely), but the quality of this product is so-so. The wood was very thin and it made assembly difficult: Hard to drill, pierce or drive a screw or nail when the target area (width of the wood pieces) was so narrow. On occasion, I drove the fastener at a slight angle and it splintered the wood. Not so great when it was the front of a drawer. One of the pieces of the drawer was broken: It was the side piece that runs on the railing when it slides. Amazon gave me no option to ask for a replacement drawer: I was asked to return the entire item and get a replacement. I already had the cabinet assembled (except for the one drawer) and it was a very heavy package and, therefore, not easy to handle and return. So I'm using it without one drawer until I get around to seeing if I can glue the broken drawer back together. You can imagine what that looks like or what it would cost to have a carpenter fix or replace the broken side of the drawer. The drawers did not slide easily and I rubbed both the drawers and the runners down with wax and that made them work OK. But, no, I wouldn't recommend buying this product unless you can overcome the obstacles as listed above and are not expecting to display this piece prominently.

My cabinet came today. Double boxes (Yay, Amazon), but the inner China box was clearly well traveled. Contents were in great shape though, no dings, etc... Assembly is pretty straight forward and the directions are good. I will say this though, plan on having a drill handy and some wood glue. The holes are drilled in one piece of the wood, but not in the attaching piece. Yes, you can crank in the screw by hand but you do stand a chance of splitting the wood if you do. Do it right and use a small drill bit to put in a pilot hole on the piece and then use a small amount of glue on the wood along with the screws and it should last forever. Don't use a impact driver - period. You will crack wood or plastic if you do. If you use a electric drill, use it on low power and low torque setting to drive about 80-90% of the way and finish driving the screw by hand. Especially take care when attaching the plastic drawer slides as over tightening the screw will easily crack the plastic. It's not rocket science, just take a little care and you will have a cabinet that will last a long, long time and look great!