Customer Reviews

Catskill Craftsmen Contemporary Harvest Table

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1st review i have ever written ... ordered the catskill craftsman contemporary harvest table ... arrived pronto ... real heavy ... 141 lbs worth in 2 boxes ... laid out all the pieces ... wood was top notch ... all components accounted for ... instructions poorly written but that's the norm nowadays ... however ... the cheaply engineered assembly hardware was a complete & utter joke ... having been in the construction business for over 45 yrs ... & ... also ... after assembling countless furniture items from ikea, pottery barn, crate & barrel, etc ... i can tell you that this company cuts corners on its' hardware ... the only positive thing that i can tell you is that, fully assembled, it is visually stunning

BUT ... under NO circumstances ... should you, any of your houseguests, neighbors, friends or even house pets even think about leaning against or trying to chop on it ... let alone try to jiggle it if it needs to be moved for cleaning ... BELIEVE ME ... once "assembled," & i use that term lightly ... it is more wobbly, rickety, & unstable than Zsa Zsa Gabor on her one remaining leg without her wheelchair ... I'M SERIOUS ... imagine a massive 2' x 4' two-inch-thick butcher black perched precariously on top of the equivalent of your grandmother's old TV tray from the 50's that she still uses when she watches 'jeopardy' ... yes ... THAT bad !!!

no wonder the united states is slipping in the global order of things ... we can't even engineer a functional, simple, STURDY kitchen table ... did i return it? ... no ... why? ... because i'm a carpenter so i'm going to glue, wood dowel, anchor, brace, etc in order to make this thing function as it purports to be ... now, then ... who are you going to hire to re-engineer & rebuild this harvest kitchen table? ... factor in a carpenters fee to make this product stable when you add up the total cost of this item ... think about it before you get your credit out of your wallet so it can breath ... don't throw your money away on this engineering failure

only reason i even gave this item 1 star is because it looks good in the picture

First I received it 6 days early.. very happy there. I did have a little problem putting it together but my fault. I tighten the bastion post in to much and the set screw would go in but not correctly. By doing that it made the table unstable. So I took it a part and seen that it didn't go in far enough. so I screwed the bastion Post out just a little and this time the set screw went in all the way and made it very stable. I think that is what happened to the other person that that left a negative review... I really am happy with it...