Winsome Wood Chinois Coffee Table

 (9 customer reviews)

The Situation:

The manufacturers of this item apparently enjoy employing small and mentally challenged packing elves. The table arrived in a box that was not even taped together, the box top practically falling off the base. I held my breath anticipating a bad end to such an eagerly anticipated product. I opened it up to find perhaps the poorest packing known to man, this is real wood and finely finished which makes it sad that pakcing material of the thinnest ilk was all that stood in the way of the finely stained wooden to and base and the outside world. Liklely to buffeted and battered by some ups guy name Bob who would have to practice his ballernina like dexterity to gingerly place this product into any truck or plane for shipping. Mine shipped from Pennsylvania.

The result:

Considering the above I'm actually shocked that the item managed to survive the long journey relatively unscathed. here was some scuffing on the underside of the table top, I...Read more

I was leary of this table as some of the reviews indicated poor shipping and assembly difficulty. The box arrived very crushed, but the table parts were fine. I had trouble with one of the leg bolts, ordered new bolts, but was still unable to insert one bolt so I left it off. The table is stable. I reread the reviews and saw another customer with the same issue. The hole that you screw the bolt into seems to be the problem. The table is very attractive. Beautiful REAL wood. Great style and fits my area perfectly.I called to ask about the shipping issues and was told(by a nice person) the the tables are packed abroad and they have no control over the packing. I was lucky and I am happy I made this choice. Many of the inexpensive tables are made of MDF and not real wood. I always want a lot for my money and I think I got it in this beautiful piece of furniture.

The coffee table arrives in 6 pieces. A table top, 4 legs, and a shelf. It also comes with assorted screws, washers, and wrenches for putting it together. The directions are easy to follow and the pictures are clear. My table had one leg that was not made very well. The leg is not able to sit flush with the table because the holes in the leg are not aligned with the holes in the table for the screws. It took me three times as long to attach it in comparison to the other three which were very easy to do. Overall assembly time with the messed up leg took me two hours. Someone with more hand strength would probably be able to complete this faster.

I would have given this a 4 star review if the table had not arrived damaged. The corner was broken off because the packing was NOT adequate for the safe shipping of a wood product.