Mercers Furniture2 Door Bookcase - Pine

Ordered two bookcases on Friday, they were delivered on Sunday. Excellent customer service.Decided to tackle building the first one straight away. The instructions were not brilliant, but not as bad as some reviews had suggested. All the fixings were there, so far so good. I found it easy to build, except that as I was doing it alone, some of the larger pieces were tricky to put together. A couple of the screws hit knots in the wood and could not be properly tightened, even with an electric screwdriver. Overall, it probably took about 4 hours as I did not want to rush it and get it wrong. I would also recommend using wood glue as the dowels are not very long.I am very pleased with the finished product. It is very solid and steady and the wood smells lovely. I will be tackling the second one this weekend - with any luck it will be much quicker this time.I will definitely buy from this supplier again.

Great value furniture. Looks great, fairly easy to build. Holds quite a lot more than I thought it would and shelves are so deep it allows for ornaments as well as books to be displayed.

I gave this four stars, but three and a half would be more suitable. I ordered two of these.Delivery: Excellent. In this case, Arrow. Automated phone call the day before, with a four hour time slot and the option to change if unsuitable. A call from the delivery team half hour before delivery, and the delivery team were polite and good, offering to take the boxes indoors.Much better than some of the delivery companies.Ease of construction: poor. Looking at the reviews, it seems I'm an exception. These were not the first Corona furniture items I've had from the same source, and previously they were easy to put together. For these bookcases, some of the pre-drilled holes were clearly out. I'm no youngster, so I've had plenty of experience of flat pack stuff. You know that guide holes will be slightly out with flat pack, and by the time of the last parts you are screwing in, things will be a bit tight. When the first things you screw together are tight, you know it's going to be a long day. In this case, the holes for the dowels were out, and some holes were not drilled. Following the existing holes just wasn't possible. So I had to drill my own in some cases. The instructions were so-so, could have been clearer. In all, putting them together was hard going.Finished product: Very good. Despite the construction problems, when these have been overcome, the end product is very good looking. It appears sturdy and likely to last a while, and the smell of pine wood welcomes me into the room. For quality, this easily beats some of the chain store flat packs. It's real wood, looks like it and smells like it.Value for money: excellent. This really looks good for the price.Overall, the end product and delivery weigh in to make this a four star review. The poor construction details may be the exception judging by other reviews, but the ones I received, well I'd hate to have tried to assemble these when I was younger. I've recently helped my daughter and son-in-law with some flat pack, and I think any young people, starting out, would struggle with these if they received them as I have.

This is a really sweet Corona pine cupboard.It's good quality, easy to build, sturdy, value for money, looks pretty, smells nice and is a decent size.I was a bit hesitant about buying this, not a great fan of flat pack furniture but. . .was really surprised with how solid this became once completed.I don't have anything bad to say about it.

I was sick of all my mismatched second hand furniture (not saying there’s anything wrong with second hand) and had a bit of money spare so purchased thisIt was annoying to build but the instructions where clear and easy to follow, top tip enrol someone else to help and ensure the kiddos are out of the house as doing it with them around and alone adds to the annoying side of the build.Overall a lovely cupboard and happy with it

Good solid piece of furniture,happy with the product,spot on.

It's a nice unit. Wood a little soft. Scratch on one side when delivered. As up against wall didn't complain. Extra storage for our lounge. Nice for displaying ornaments etc. Will use beeswax to prolong life.

Arrived sooner than expected. Seems sturdy enough and decent quality for the money. Only 4 stars because the instructions were difficult to work out and made assembly longer than it should have been. Overall pleased with the product.