Customer Reviews

Winsome Wood 4-Tier Bookshelf, Honey

5 star:		(19)
4 star:		(11)
3 star:		(3)
2 star:		(1)
1 star:		(2)

 

 

This book case is sharp! And it's solid wood - I'm so sick of garbage pressed wood products. It assembled very easily and quickly. 15 minutes +/- and you're ready to go.

It is a bit small at 3.5 feet - one more tier would be perfect! But its measurements are correct, so break out the measuring tape if you want to visualize its size.

It arrived in good time and perfect condition. When opening it I advise laying it down and removing it from the packaging that way. If you open it standing up and dump out the parts they may get away from you and break something (I almost did!).

Got this for $59 on a Fri sale and found it a good value. Good quality wood went a long way beyond typical particle wood shelves at office stores for comparable prices. Tall deep shelves are good enough for large coffee table books which I really had an eye out for. Had one shelf chipped due to shipping but was able to glue it on with minimal blemish and I positioned it towards the rear anyhow where it couldn't be seen.

We ordered two of these bookcases, and had to return one for a crack in one of the shelves, but the replacement bookcase came within 2 days of shipping the defective one back. Very pleased with the quality and looks.

Truly easy to assemble, and excellent product. A bit small for my needs--definitely a smaller bookcase.

This solid wood bookcase took only about 15 minutes to assemble. It is helpful to have a second person to align pieces as you screw in the fasteners, though. Bookcase was level after assembly and the finish was even throughout. Filled it up with books and shelves were still strong and stable. A good purchase.

This product looks excellent in my children's room. It looks more expensive than it was. It is very well built and has a nice pecan colored stain. Highly recommended!

This is a good quality bookshelf for a reasonable price. Like another reviewer, I loathe particle board "furniture", and it's vetoed in my house. This is made of above average quality solid wood. Very sturdy, well engineered, and made with quality parts. It's easy to assemble and can be done in 30 minutes. It's nice because there is only one type of screw, and there is very little guesswork to put the thing together. We purchased two of them, to sit side-by-side in our guest room, and both match without issue and look great.

You can buy this shelf from Amazon at a cost that's comparable to cheap particle board junk in a big box store. I have not doubts that most people will like this product. It's just right for the price.

The only drawback is the height, so be sure to break out a measuring tape if you want to be sure. It tops out at about 3.5'. If it were a foot or two taller, I'd gladly pay 2x what this costs. Another reviewer commented about how smaller peices have multiple parts that were joined together to save costs. I will describe this in better detail... Some of the back supports (the thin wood beams, above the shelves) are made of two peices that are glued in the factory, ripped (sawed) and then finished. Basically, if you look closely, you will see a jigsaw seam where two peices of solid wood were joined. It's not really an issue though, since you have to look closely to notice it, and the construction is still quite solid and well-built. This is only an issue with the small back-beams, and not the large "shelf" components.

Amazon shipped it in only *2 days*. Can't beat that. Be aware that you'll be paying about 1/3 of the bookcase's cost in shipping. Still, it's well worth it. I'm very pleased with the bookcase and Amazon's service.

The unit arrived in a banged up box. There was a chip missing from the top shelf. The wood is not very well protected inside the box and these boxes seem to get beat up in transit.

It does appear to be made of solid wood, but the joinery work is imperfect -- there are some gaps here and there between glued surfaces.

My major issue was that, at least in my model, the screws that were shipped were too short to reach through the pre-drilled holes for the top shelf. They could just barely reach, but not far enough in to bite and secure the holes. Repeated attempts proved fruitless.Those holes, moreover, are in a fairly inconvenient spot -- it's awkward trying to tighten the hex screws with the included obligatory cheap hex key, and impossible to reach with a regular drill in order to deepen the holes enough for the screws to reach the top plank.

I haven't seen anyone else report this problem so maybe it was just a flaw in my unit -- the widened part of the holes wasn't deep enough. I am sure that if I contacted the seller something could have been worked out, but the unit was mostly assembled when I discovered the critical flaw and at that point it would have been even more of a hassle to send back as I would have had to disassemble it all and then repack it.

I elected to take it down to the workbench and drill alternate holes and countersink the screws. It worked fine and looks good enough now, except for the chip on the top shelf. Someone else might not have as easy of a fix at hand though.

If I hadn't had that problem I probably would have given this four stars as the unit assembled well otherwise and is fairly sturdy. Maybe three because of the chipped piece of wood (I do see others have mentioned a similar issue so perhaps the manufacturer needs to do a better job packaging these units)and the poor joinery. But, to me, if it's not right when you get something of this size, it's a considerable inconvenience to go through the returns process and wait for it to be shipped again. Even if the manufacturer sends you a new unit if you complain, that's not the experience I'm looking to have when I buy something like this. I've bought several home-assembly items from Amazon in the past, so I'm sure it's an isolated problem, but it's still a problem. So two stars it is.

I think next time I'll opt for a more expensive brand.

Bookshelf was purchased because it fit well with some other Mission style furniture we had with a honey finish. Overall the design is pleasant and the construction is what you'd expect from a piece of furniture of this price. I had no problems with split wood pieces and was able to assemble the bookshelf in under 30 minutes alone. Because the bookshelf has open sides and back, don't plan on putting small things on the shelf you wouldn't feel comfortable falling off, accidents do happen and with the 'open' style of this shelf it is likely to happen at some point if things get bumped.

It looks really nice, I moved it around a few times without a problem. Assembly is also really easy. I'll be using this one for a very long time!