Redstone White Sideboard Cupboard - 3 Doors + 2 Drawers - Wooden Cabinet Chest Unit

Overall, I found this to look good of good quality and value for money regarding its intended use. In that respect, I use it mainly to store the mass of electrical components, chargers, leads, and USB cables that builds up with modern technology. I use three 30cm x 20cm baskets side by side on each shelf to keep everything a bit separate and there is room to double stack. The small cupboard takes tall items such as a waste bin and the drawers’ small items but they are not big enough to take a sheet of A4 paper.However, there are issues and limitations.1. Relatively speaking it is a complex flat pack that does take several hours to build and given its complexity, I do not see how you can build it any quicker. If you want something to build quicker choose a simpler design.2. The instructions could be clearer concerning which way round to put in the middle shelf as I put it in the wrong way and had to correct my mistake.3. The MDF panels are only 12mm thick instead of the usual 18mm that are used for kitchen units and bookshelves etc. While it is sturdy it is not designed to carry much weight or it will bend. However, the bottom shelves may be suitable for heavier objects with some support to fill the gap between the sideboard and the floor.4. The twin doors are internal and need to be fitted with accuracy, fitting the first was Ok but the second took a bit of time to match up. I found it easier to fit the hinge to the door first then screw in the slot holes on the hinge plate first to line things up, then add the other two to lock it in place. The hinges are factory set and may need some adjustment to align both doors but it can be done.

After reading the reviews of this cabinet and seeing that it was a lot cheaper than similar items I decided to buy it to store all my woodcarving gear in.Putting it together was straightforward by following the drawing and straight off the doors were all well aligned and the drawers run smoothly. Being somewhat of an old crinklie I took my time building it but a few hours and it was done. As others have mentioned an electric screwdriver is a must, but a word of caution the circular item (No 4 in the inventory ) are not the strongest and the torque of the screwdriver was too much and ended up destroying one. The supplied screwdriver was fine for that job.On the whole, you're not getting a Chippendale but for the price you have a functional storage cabinet at a more than fair price.Also quite a few spare parts after construction which may come in handy later on.

Bought 2 of these recently. They are pretty well made for flatpack furniture and nice and quite weighty. Here are my tips for making life easy when building them.1. check the complete inventory before you start. I was only missing one of the screws for a door handle so I was able to build the unit and not have any issues until it was finished. Then, when I opened the second pack, there was an extra screw in there so I didn’t need to contact them for replacement parts.2. Check all the boards. Several of mine had cosmetic damage. On some of them there has been an attempt to cover this up with black paint but a few were slightly chipped or scratched.3. the large boards are used in numerical order. If you sort them into the appropriate order before you start it is much easier to just pick up the ‘next’ one at each step.4. there are hardly any pilot holes, just slight indentations to indicate the position. It's worth spending 5 minutes with a hammer and nail to make pilot holes so it makes it easier when trying to screw the fiddley little screws in.5. check all the hinges. when I first opened the box, I thought I only had five of the six that were needed. having unpacked a lot of the boards I found the 6th underneath. it was only when I came to put the second door on that I realised this hinge was slightly bent on the 4-hole plate - presumably because of the weight of the boards it was underneath - so it's a bit untidy but it does still do the job. The same thing happened with the second unit too – just 1 bent hinge (see pic).The instructions are pretty well written. At the beginning, when you're working with individual boards, they are very accurate. But, once you start putting the boards together, the numbering is out on the pictures. You need to look very carefully and compare the positions of screw holes or screws so you know which bits you're actually working with.It comes with a screwdriver which is double-ended for crosshead or flat but, having put one of the two units up today (it took just over 3 hours), it is a lot of screwing! For the next one I will certainly use some form of electric screwdriver to save all the blisters.In general, it's well made. Some things are not quite flush and the drawers don't run very smoothly because it wasn't easy to get things lined up. I had 1 shelf split because the pegs did not line up accurately and when I tried to lock them in, they pushed out of the holes. Overall they are nice units and hold a lot of stuff.

I liked most everything about the unit, I marked down easy to assemble & instruction quality purely because they proved a little difficult. However I’m happy to accept my banana fingers & low concentration skills may have added to the issues. I didn’t expect much for the keen price but wasn’t concerned as it’s in one of my outbuildings as storage, it has now freed up all the corners of said outbuilding that held piles of kit-no longer, thanks👍🏻. It is sturdy too. It is fantastic value for money in fact I’m in shock at it’s VFM I truly am. The Redstone cupboard is a keeper for sure. I am actively looking for a reason to buy another one.

Think this product is brilliant. I’d previously ordered something similar off eBay which was a pile of junk and went in the skip. This is perfect. Great instructions, packaging and looks good for my office. Took a while to assemble, but all very clear and even had plenty of spare parts. Very pleased.