South Shore Furniture Step One Collection Night Stand, Pure Black

The pros: It looks nice.

The cons: The piece is manufactured from particleboard which I expected. However, it is painted, not laminated which means at least the top will scratch in a matter of days or weeks. Adding laminate on top would have cost a buck or two but would have completely avoided this.

The back of the stand and the bottom of the drawer are made of extremely flimsy cardboard. I would have possibly accepted this for the back where wear and tear are less likely but doing so for the drawer bottom is unacceptable. For a buck or two this could have been plywood and stood up to a glass of water. As is a minor spill and you can take it to the garbage.

IKEA demonstrates that you can construct inexpensive furniture that lasts at least for a little while. Why this manufacturer opted to save this marginal amount of money which could have been easily added to the price of the piece is beyond me.

Finally: I have put dozens if not hundreds of pieces of furniture together. Most of my furniture is assembled. The instructions are a bit confusing but not misleading. The gripe I have is that they are printed in a size where I need glasses to read them. What is worse: One step of the process requires you to screw the back into the bottom *blind*. There are no markings and you are left to your feel and guesswork where exactly to place the screws (which are too large for the purpose to start with). If you guessed half an inch wrong and you will split the particle board (which I did but hammered and it back down and gave it another try).

This is not inexpensive but *cheap* junk. Buyer beware.

Nice heavy nightstand, great for price. I purchased this and the dresser from Amazon, both look great. Pretty simple to put together with 2 people, if you follow the instructions.

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The look is dead on what I wanted in a night stand. With the open bottom and black and silver. Listen to the reviews though, the quality is lacking quite a bit.

ALSO! I know it's my fault but measure your stuff in the room and make sure this thing is gonna size up nicely. I didn't even think to measure my king sized pillow top bed and this night stand falls WAY short of where I'd like it to be so I ended up having to make a box for it to stand on! UGH!

In the end I would've paid quite a bit more for a larger version with the exact same look but better quality.

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Thought this was expensive for the type of wood it is had I not thrown the box away would have sent it back. Scratches easily

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I purchased this table along with the matching headboard and couldn't be happier. Good quality, easy to assemble and looks great.

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