Customer Reviews

Stork Craft Aspen 5 Drawer Chest, Cherry

5 star:		(5)
4 star:		(6)
3 star:		(3)
2 star:		(3)
1 star:		(8)

 

 

Very cheap product. It is made out of cardboard and you have to assemble it yourself. It chips very easily. And it was in terrible shape when it arrived. Very expensive for the quality. I'm afraid because it looks and feels to be very unsafe for a nursery dresser. I don't recommend it to anyone.

Lots of particle board, that may not even be m.d.f. The drawer bottoms are thick cardboard. If I had seen this product in a store, I would have not purchased it. Oh well...live and learn.

I purchased this whole set in the cognac color. The 5-drawer chest, 3 drawer dresser combo(with the door) and the matching crib! This is an absolutely beautiful set of very good quality that I continually get compliments on.

As with most things you order, it takes some work to put it together, but with a few screwdrivers, a hammer, and a power drill, it's no problem! In fact I did it all myself, and wouldn't let my husband or father help!

The customer service is also great. I had one item come in damaged. They immediately sent another via fedex.

I highly recommend this set. You won't regret it.

Save yourself time and money by not ordering any products from Stork Craft. I ordered this dresser from Amazon, and it was at my door in two days. Sadly, one of the side panels had a MAJOR spider-web crack in it. I followed the instructions and called the company. I spoke with a representative, and set up an order to be shipped a new panel. A week after the order, I had not received the confirmation email (they said processing time would be about 3 business days). I called the company back, and they had still not processed my order. I made them process the order while I was on the line to make sure it would be done. Almost 3 weeks after the initial phone call, the replacement panel arrived with another spider-web crack, and with 3 of the 5 metal drawer rollers flattened against the wood.

I called the company a second time, and was then treated very unprofessionally. They treated me as if I was a liar, stating that every piece of furniture was "thoroughly inspected" before being shipped out for replacement. However, it seemed hard to believe being that the packaging the panel came in was it great shape. Even the thick bubble wrap lining the part was still in tact. The defects in the panel must have come from storage, so it seems they have a very poor inspection requirement. The representative even forced me to email pictures of the damaged second panel before they would ship me another replacement. After this long battling, I tried asking Stork Craft to ship the panel with a quicker method. My son's due date was then about a month out, and I didn't want to wait another 3 weeks for the panel to arrive. They refused, and the best I was able to obtain was for them to process the order with me on the phone, trimming my waiting period to only be 2 weeks before the replacement arrived.

When the 3rd panel arrived, I had very low expectation, and rightfully so. The panel had blemishes, and a large scratch about 6 inches long on the outer face, from one of the corners towards the center of the piece. I realized that this was the best I was going to get. I just tried to hide the scratched area of the dresser in my son's room with other items so no one would notice.

The dresser itself is very nice. The color is great, and seems very sturdy. I am satisfied with the product (or well, I would be if I had one that did not have any defects). Save yourself the anxiety, don't buy from this company. Or, make sure to buy from a store and inspect the pieces before you take them home.

This was the only Storkcraft piece I bought and I must say I am extremely disappointed. The product physically looks like the one pictured, but it is the smallest 5 drawer chest I have ever seen in my life. The actual size is probably smaller than an ordinary 3 drawer chest. The construction quality was terrible compared to all other furniture I have purchased. A couple of the boards have been physically wet before and were water stained. The woodgrain looks to be lithographed on instead of an actual wood that is stained. For the money I would avoid this piece, I would of paid maybe $100 for ir from wal-mart, but the quality and size are a major disapointment.

This dresser is not very well made. The other day I accidentally chipped the veneer finish with my fingernail. The descriptiom claims it has sturdy cam lock construction and the cam locks fall out all the time no matter how much they are tightened down, making the drawer come apart in the corner. For almost $300 I was expecting something more solid and sturdy. This piece of furniture will most likely only make it through one child. It won't be one of the pieces that can be passed down. The stain is also not the same on all of the front of the drawer panels. Some of the drawers are darker than others. On the good side, it wasn't too complicated to put together, the drawers slide easily and it is nice looking even if it's cheap. And just a warning, even though amazon says it is eligble for free shipping it is not. They consider it an oversized item, so that adds on about another $50 to the price.

The directions weren't difficult, though it did take quite awhile to put this piece together. However, once together, it looks horrible. The drawers are all warped! Not a single drawer is straight~they are all crooked. One drawer is a darker stain than all the others, and the screws for the knobs are already stripped. We're keeping it even though it looks hideous, simply because it would be too much of a pain to take the whole dang thing apart, try to repack it properly, and pay to ship it back. I'm extremely disappointed. The quality is awful. I would give this 0 stars if I could.

Purchasing a matching dresser to go with out crib & changing table online proved to be difficult bc there are hardly any that have decent reviews overall. I went ahead and purchased the Storkcraft Aspen 5 drawer Chest in Espresso bc I have the Storkcraft crib in espresso as well and I wanted to ensure that they were a good match.

When the box arrived I realized that it was not going to go together quickly as the box was only about 2 feet wide but very long. That meant every single aspect of this dresser had to be assembled. No part of it came preassembled. Several pieces had strange indentions (not through the stain but almost like bruising? very strange and difficult to describe), and in the corners of the top of the dresser the veneer is already starting to chip away from the pressboard. There is very little actual wood (if any?) on the whole piece. The drawer faces and sides of the dresser seem to be real wood but I can't be certain. Some of the pieces don't seem very accurately cut either but with a little tweaking you can make it work.

Overall though it is a very nice looking dresser once you get it put together. It isn't necessarily all that difficult but it is very time consuming (about 2+ hours) and overwhelming at first when you start pulling out all of the necessary pieces. Also - the instruction manual has ZERO words; it's all pictures and only a few of the pieces are marked with stickers so it's pretty much a guessing game as to whether or not you have the right piece at any given time. Again though, it isn't as difficult as it seems at first.

My review is based on my expectations of the dresser vs. what we received. We would have sent it back due to the imperfections but honestly didn't want to deal with trying to fit that many pieces back into such a tiny box! When comparing this dresser to the Storkcraft crib I was very disappointed in the difference in quality.

I don't have a small baby in my house, but I purchased this dresser for my own bedroom. I wanted a refined and elegant look and I couldn't find anything along the lines of this design in the adult sections.

Product comes flat packed and will take SEVERAL hours to put together. MUST HAVE 2 PEOPLE!! You really should buy a small tube of GORILLA GLUE!! IT WON'T HOLD WITHOUT IT. The cam screws will not turn properly and become stripped putting them in quite easily. With the glue, it will hold just fine and the drawers are fully operational. If it wasn't for the cam screws being such a problem, I would have given it 5 stars.

I DO intend upon purchasing another one of these Stork Craft units, possibly the one with the chest door. I just know now how long it takes to put together on my own (about 6 hours, including glue drying time) and what materials will be needed.

Although you will need to spend at least 2 hours putting this together, it is a great deal for the money. Have not had any problems with durability.