Customer Reviews

Harbor View Craft Armoire in Antique White Finish

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After much searching, I decided to order this armoire for my sewing room as a compact storage piece and worksurface. It arrived in about 1 week and took my husband about 2-1/2 hours to assemble. All the pieces were there and the instructions were easy to follow. I've now had a chance to organize it and work at it, and I love it!

The quality is what you'd expect from Sauder: solid for the most part, but with a few chintzy-feeling components. The smaller shelves and backboard are made from that glorified cardboard stuff, and the casters are cheap plastic. However, this piece has some surprisingly nice touches, such as the 270-degree hinges that allow the doors to swing almost flush with the outside of the armoire, the integrated triple electrical outlet, and the smart design of the slide-out desk. There's not another piece like this available in this price range, even considering the hefty shipping charge. The amount of function Sauder packed into this design makes it well worth the price.

I'm not fond of the country look of the doors and the distressed finish. I might paint it black and add some sheet metal over the faux louvers on the doors where I can magnet some of my design ideas. But this piece changed the whole function of my sewing room, where formerly most tools and materials were stored in numerous boxes.

I bought one of these and I love it.

I've been calling my guest room my junk room and this is helping me make it into a nicer place for my guests. Now, all my craft stuff is in one place and easily usable when I want to work on a project.

Assembling it was relatively simple. I ended up with one door about 1/8" higher than the other one, so I'd advise being more detail minded when attaching the doors. I don't think anyone but me would ever even see the difference though.

Very functional cabinet.

While this item has to be assembled, it is really quite easy to do. I am absolutely pleased with mine. Although one of the doors was broken in two upon arrival, a call to the manufacturer per the enclosed instructions resulted in a replacement door being received within 2 days.

This cabinet is perfect for scrapbooking and crafts. The table that extends out gives lots of extra space to work on. The color is more of a creamy off white which looks really nice. I bought this item from Furniturebuzz and despite some of the bad reviews they have had on shipping time I got my order in exactly two weeks. I recieved an e-mail three days before the delivery telling me it was on the way and I got a call the day before to schedule a delivery time. The instructions were better than most for assembly and the parts are all labeled clearly. It took my husband with a little of my help about 2 and half hours to put together. Also for the previous person who commented if you adjust the feet on the bottom of the cabinet it will even out the doors. I figured that out when I was moving it around the room trying to find the perfect spot. The adjustable feet are a great feature. I didn't realize how uneven our floors actually are! I do recommend this item for purchase. For anyone who is thinking about buying this item, buy it!

This is a very nice unit, despite the fact that the color is more cream or blonde (has more tan tones than white tones)from what we consider to be antique white and if you look at the picture you will notice that the slide out shelf when closed requires opening it all the way up in order to get to any items on the bottom shelves and when open you have to bend down almost on hands and knees to access the bottom shelves. However, one of the bottom shelves has a slider which brings it forward a lot. Also almost none of it is solid wood.

You have got to love the fact that all the holes were pre-drilled correctly, all the parts were present, including some extras and they all fit together nicely without any problems. The instructions were clear enough if you did not attempt to think you knew better than they do and try to skip some of them (like me) causing longer assembly time. Parts that arrived cracked (I am sure while in shipping) were quickly replaced by CS (customer service) with just an e-mail through Amazon( CS rates 5 stars) without any problem at all (there were 2 of them).

This unit is heavy. It comes in two boxes with one weighing 80 lbs and the other 120 lbs. It is composed mostly of particleboard with a very nice finish. Do not attempt to push the unit to a different location once assembled as it may crack or seperate where the levelers on the bottom are located or elsewhere.

You can lift one end at a time and kind of walk it if you must, but don't push up on the top molding as screws in particleboard do not hold anywhere near as tight as in solid wood. Also do not attempt to tighten down the screws too much for the same reason as they may lose their grip altogether, just firm, not tight, will be fine.

I can not give you an accurate estimate of the time it took me to assemble it as we had to wait over a week or two for the replacement parts because we did not notice the second part was cracked until we were almost done and I made some mistakes. So figure a week for each part. As a rough guess, I would say about 5 hours to assemble.

The user of this unit likes it a lot and it looks very nice, holds a lot of things, but pay close attention to the height of the shelf where your sewing maching will go as it is not adjustable. The height is 12 7/8" according to their diagram but I measure it at 13 1/8" high. The electrical outlet does not have a way to turn it off, so it is always on. However it does have a red light to indicate it is on.
The electrical cord itself is pretty thick (which is good) but I could not get the cord holder the unit comes with in the back to hold it. You push the cord into it and it expands enough that it is susposed to hold it.

The sewing machine shelf is rated at 30 lbs weight load. The next shelf up is 25 lbs and the smaller adjustable shelves further up are 3 lbs each. The very top of the unit is rated at 15 lbs (keep that in mind if you want to put a tv or something up there). The sliding shelf that extends out from the unit (work/hobby shelf) is rated at a 25 lb load. The very bottom shelf (1st one above the floor) is rated at 20 lbs.

I ABSOLUTELY LOVE THIS PIECE! VERY NICE LOOKING AND
HAS MUCH STORAGE SPACE; THE NEAT THING ABOUT THIS IS
THAT YOU CAN CLOSE EVERYTHING UP AND ONLY SEE THE
NICE SHUTTER DOORS.
TAKES MUCH TIME TO PUT TOGETHER BUT WORTH IT!

I bought this furniture for my new sewing manufacturing and design business. I have a medium size office space that houses 4 sewing machines, cutting table, desk, drafting table, pattern cabinet, assorted storage containers for fabric, and misc furniture. This armoire is perfect for my space, it is compact, sturdy, and convenient for sewing and keeping needed items handy. It was very easily put together by my granddaughter. I highly recommend this furniture for your sewing needs and to compliment your decor.