I’m assuming you like the style, size, colour … I do but …
I’m unsure about the quality. It says “painted oak” in the header. Further down it says “Main Material Oak Top- Acacia Base”. What’s Acacia Base? MDF?
There’s a lot of lightweight disposable rubbish around nowadays. These people have no showroom, they say I can return it if I don’t like it, within 14 days. But I don’t want to waste my time doing that.
I have next to no experience of buying over the internet, as everything is just tube ride away, normally.
It’s the perfect size for our kitchen diner, and just received an email to confirm it’s solid hardwood all round.
Dressers normally have shallow shelves for displaying plates and hanging cups, we want max storage behind doors, and something that doesn’t stick out too much.
If it gets full of slightly unsightly stuff up top, I could pin wallpaper on the inside of the glass …
Why paint the hard wood if it’s a good quality and finish? To me that says volumes about a rough piece painted to hide the use of glued together strips of who knows what.
One hint of composition is the weight. You should be able to get a sense of the overall density with that and the dimensions. A lighter density suggests you are looking at veneers over an engineered product.
Solid Acacia is fine, but it is prone to cracking and bowing if it is exposed to too much heat and dry air. Look for small cracks and don’t accept a piece with any. Those cracks can become large splits within a couple of years.
If the material was solid, it usually says so. I expect that you are looking at a piece with a mix of solid and veneers.
No because it’s grey and I hate grey. Far too depressing. For those who care about such things, grey is no longer on trend. I couldn’t care less personally but I think we need more colour in our lives.
I have to say I avoid anything oak because it weighs a ton which creates a dramarama if you ever need to move it. Only for the young and fit and in need of a hernia imo.
Understood, but why paint a well made cabinet assembled from the finest of hard woods in the first place. I much prefer to see natural wood turned into something brilliant in the hands of an excellent cabinet maker.
