Hattie Storage Bench - Black

Must be fake reviews given 5* everywhere. Looks pretty and simple to build but there are some big shortcuts/savings made for a +£200, flat-packed, chest of drawers.

- A third of the drawer depth is unusable (approx 140mm). I understand needing a little space at the back to avoid tipping forward when extended but it's a lot of space wasted.
- The drawers are shallow at only 85mm deep.
- You have to manually close the drawer shut by pushing at both ends. There is no self-closing mechanism. There are cheap rubber grommets used to stop slamming and help the drawer stay closed. Removing them means the drawers is free to slide.
- The wood wrap was peeling at edges before I even finished building it.

Not buying here again if this is the standard.

Perfectly compliments our other Hattie dining room furniture.
Fairly straightforward to assemble.
Sturdy & beautiful & a great size.

Self assembled by myself , a novice DIY-er. The 3 items ..The shelving unit, bench and tv unit are a neat size in my small living room. All items were in the box with step by step instruction manual. I did assemble a piece back to front only to find out once I was almost finished so had to take apart, swap round and reassemble … that was human error !!! There was a few sweary words but all worth it in the end. Lol !!

Self assembled my myself , a novice DIY-er.
The shelving unit is a neat size in my small living room.
All items were in the box with step by step instruction manual.
I did assemble a piece back to front only to find out once I was almost finished so had to take apart, swap round and reassemble … that was human error !!! There was a few sweary words but all worth it in the end. Lol !!

The quality is amazing! May be the best thing I’ve purchased for my house and took less than 2 hours to put together !!