Customer Reviews

Alex My Art Desk with Paper Roll

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4 star:		(5)
3 star:		(0)
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1 star:		(1)

 

 

I bought this desk for my daughter's fifth birthday. Her Christmas toys are already forgotten, but this art desk is used every day. The desk and chair are designed to be compact, and they fit easily in a bedroom or family room. It is more visually appealing than the art desks that are bulky and made of plastic. The top of the desk is very spacious and provides plenty of elbow room. (Two children can even use it at the same time.) I debated buying an easel, but this desk can be adjusted into different positions to resemble an easel, and the surface of the table becomes a chalkboard. If you lay the desk flat, you also have an ideal surface for working puzzles or working a child's laptop computer. Assembly is fairly easy. Just be sure to use a drill, instead of the provided wrench to cut your time in half. If you are frustrated at spending money on toys that never get played with...this is an awesome purchase!!!!!

We bought this for our 2 1/2 year old and she loves it, she even convinces her 8 year old sister to play with her on it. The chalk board is great quality. She even likes to eat her meals there because it's the perfect size for her. Thanks so much!

With all due respect to the other reviewers, the person who said this desk wasn't garish doesn't know what that word means. This is the epitome of everything I hate design-wise about kid's furniture. It looks like it would be perfectly at home at Bozo T. Clown's house. It is bad enough that it is BRIGHT red, yellow, AND blue (who decided those colors go together anyway?) but it also has bright yellow stars highlighting the otherwise cute cut-outs. But if it's at all possible to look beyond the blinding ugliness of it all, the design features are great. Love the chalkboard surface (the reviewers who said it didn't work may have ignored the instructions to "cure" the surface first?), and the paper roll and dispenser are genius. It's a good height for my petite two year old but large enough that it looks like there's plenty of room to grow. I am honestly considering sanding the whole thing down and letting my toddler splatter the paints of her choice all over it. At least then it would be artsy. In the meantime, I'll suck it up for her sake, and hope someone at the company reads this and considers the fact that parents will have this in their home.

Great desk and chair! Easy to assemble, parts and holes right on the money. Chalk board surface was a little hard to get hard chalk to write. Need soft chalk to use on it. Overall granddaughter love it.

I was looking for a long time for some cute table/chair set for my son but most of the ones I come across were so boring looking and lacked functionality. I was just too excited to find this one with all the colors and props for various crafts. It arrived in great condition and was very easy to put together, literally 30 min. Maybe less. Now it's my son's little office. He loves to draw on it as well as eat. I had to remove the roll of paper for now, as my son liked just to unroll it for no reason and try to wrap around our dog. I had to prevent that activity to avoid extra cleaning. The colors are so vibrant and pretty, very good paint job. Nothing is peeling. A little expensive, but the quality is worth it. Great set.

My husband and I bought this for our daughter of 22 months and she loves it. It is the perfect size for a toddler.

This is much cuter than what I was expecting. I was hesitant due to the high price, but it was worth it. It did come with one piece broken, but my husband quickly fixed it.

I bought this for my 2-1/2 year old grandson. I have not seen it in person but my daughter tells me he loves it. It is sturdy, compact and he uses it practically every day. My frig is decorated with all his artistic endeavors. The paper he draws on is conveniently attached on a roller on the desk and it is very easy to insert a new roll when the old one runs out. There are indentations for paint cups so that the cups can't overturn resulting inthe paint spilling out making a mess. The cups do not come with this item nor do the the paint and brushes, but these items can be bought at a minimal cost. It does come with a roll of paper. The chair is perfect for a child probably up till around 3-4 years. Best of all it does not take up much room. These comments are all from my daughter who has the Art Desk in her home and is personally acquainted with it. The reason I gave it 4 stars rather then 5 is because I have not seen it yet.

Bought desk 11/21/2011 and box can without a wrinkle. It was a Chirstmas present for my Granddaughter.
After opening it we found that there were no screws in box (12/25/11). Contacted Alex on 1/3/12 when they opened and
they were to send screws -- it is now 1/12/12 - still no screws. I think we are in for long wait. I would open
this desk as soon as you receive and be sure all parts are there.

I LOVE this desk- just received it and put it together for my 2 year old son and I LOVE IT!!!! The colors and design is absolutely adorable, very easy to put together, very well made. It is multi-functional because it can be used flat as a desk or at an angle as an easel. I just have no complaints at all...I am so excited for my son to see it!!!!