I needed a couple of pieces of furniture so had a shot at building stuff from kits. I wasn't sure of the quality so I could only go by photos and reviews. So far, I've built 3 items. The first one is a laundry hamper, that cost the most, about $150 but it works really well and makes the little bedroom hallway much neater than plastic laundry baskets stacked on plastic cabinets. I can't remember how long it took to build, a couple hours at least.
The backside has a couple of anchors to the wall, so it's well secured and doesn't tip over when the bins are open.
I intend to get this wall cabinet to mount above the hamper sometime this winter. The whites may not match but I figure it will be close enough.
The second piece I built was a sofa table, this was very inexpensive about $60, it was a sale. First photo shows the cam lock system.
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The finished table. Inside the little center box is an outlet for lamps that I also bought of which I apparently do not yet have a photo.
I also bought a small linen cabinet for the small bedroom hallway. It was by the same company, Vasagle as the sofa table, and all the pieces were there, unfortunately one of the doors was scratched but I decided to live with it and put it on the bottom half where it's harder to see. It was cheap, and though annoying, I really don't notice it.
These units have lots of pieces.
Half built and upside down.
The finished cabinet. It's 12 inches deep by around 40 inches tall and less than 26 inches wide as the wall I put it on was barely 26 inches wide itself.
Got another furniture piece coming next week. Stay tuned.
