4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars
Nice cart, May 7, 2011
This review is from: Catskill Craftsmen Kitchen Trolley, Black Base/Natural Top (Kitchen)
This is a very nice looking cart, it seems quite sturdy as I have a large microwave on top and a ton of heavy cookbooks in the bottom...so far so good.It's not terribly mobile with that much weight on it,but I didn't need it to be. I rated it a 4 because I think it was a bit too expensive for what it is and the natural top had a fairly large gouge in it that was filled with wood putty. The gouge is on the edge so the microwave doesn't quite cover it. Other than that it looks nice in my kitchen.
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3 of 4 people found the following review helpful:
3.0 out of 5 stars
could be better, looks nice tho., July 26, 2011
I really really wanted one of these to maximize my counterspace and general storage area in our tiny 2 bed/2 bath condo. My husband bought me this one for Christmas last year, and although I really love it and how it helps enrich our kitchen, I treat it very delicately. I had a Christmas party, and I used this to serve punch from the top of. Somehow, either the punch bowl or someone's glass scratched the wood top. Also, there are now a few tiny scuffs on the doors, and the sides, no idea how they got there. They aren't super noticeable, but it is just very frustrating. You can really tell that the finish is very cheap and scratchable, so just be careful with it. Also, there is no shelf inside, just a tall area of space, which I found to be a little dissapointing. It's hard to find things to store in this and keep it organized at the same time. Here's my exact setup: On top we have a decorative placemat to protect the top. I use the top of it just like the rest of my kitchen counter space, to serve food when we have guests over, punch when we have partys, and most of the time to be honest, it's where I stack the mail until me or my husband get around to looking at it. The drawer on the front has my most frequently used recipe book, and my coupon fold out organizer. This drawer is very flat, not a lot can be stored in here. The open space in the middle has yet, another placemat on it to protect the finish, and a decorative basket on that level. We have very few drawers in our kitchen to store anything, so in the decorative basket I have all of our dish towels and rags. Inside the cabinets is the disaster. All of our paper plates, plasticware, fancy napkins, and then all of our ziploc bags, aluminum foil, etc. are thrown in here all jumbled on top of each other. Like I said, there is no shelf inside, so it's a tall big open space, and I really haven't figured out what would work best being stored here. I suppose if I had a ton of cookbooks (which I don't) this would be a good place for them, but I have like 3. We have a very small pantry, not enough cabinet space (some of our dishes are in storage because of lack of room), and only 2 drawers in the entire kitchen, one for silverware, one for random junk/utensils. We really needed something to help organize the kitchen, and this was not part of the solution. It looks very lovely, I admit, but perhaps one day I can upgrade to a much nicer kitchen cart that has more features to help utilize the chunk of space this thing takes up.
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5.0 out of 5 stars
happy with purchase, February 6, 2012
This review is from: Catskill Craftsmen Kitchen Trolley, Black Base/Natural Top (Kitchen)
This was just what I needed to clear up counter space in my small kitchen. I purchased the black because I thought it would look nicer in my kitchen than the white but I think the white would have looked great, too. Assembly took a lot less than I thought (around 1 1/2 hrs) even though I think the instructions could have used some improvement (ie. numbering system with the parts). You have to be extremely careful when identifying the parts. The quality matches the price in my opinion. I'm extremely satisfied with this purchase!
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