Stork Craft Beatrice Combo Tower Chest in Cherry

I bought this changing table/dresser combo and the matching dresser that goes with it. They look beautiful in my daughters room but they are very cheaply made. The drawers are shallow (which I knew before purchasing from other reviews), there are parts that never fit tightly together so there are gaps in areas, and after only a year, handles are falling off and depite super glue and guerilla glue they keep falling off. The main structure has held up fine so far.

I was very hesitant after seeing such mixed reviews. This is a nice looking piece, but is not the greatest piece ever built. I don't know how long this will last us as a piece of furniture to grow with baby, but for the price, it will serve its purpose.

The instructions were easy to follow, but because of the MANY MANY pieces, this item took longer to put together than our Storkcraft Rochester crib. I believe it took us almost 3 hours, largely because we couldn't get the door on straight.

In short, I think the Storkcraft furniture is all about your expectations. If you expect high quality furniture for a low price, you will be disappointed as many of the reviewers here seem to be. If you expect decent furniture for a decent price, you will probably have your expectations met.

Although I received this item quickly, was able to put it together without much difficulty and was able to order an extra screw without charge, the overall product quality was inferior to what I expected. The wood on the highest level top shelf is scratchable with the fingernail and most of the parts are not solid wood. I guess for the price it's a fair deal, though.

I will not buy another Storkcraft item. There customer service department is extremely poor. We have been waiting for a replacement part for weeks. I called after the 3 week waiting period had passed and was told by a representative that she did not know when the part would ship. I asked to speak to the supervisor, the representative transferred me to his voice mail. He was not in, but she did not offer that information to me. I called back and asked not be be transferred to his voicemail, it was another representative that told me he was not in. Why couldn't the first rep I spoke to tell me that. I spent a total of 25 minutes on hold in placing just two calls. I am now in the process of emailing the company and calling the supervior on a daily basis until I get some satisfaction.

I hesitantly purchased this item because my husband and I have a hard time agreeing and we both liked this style. Ultimately it looks wonderful, but it took us 3 hours to put together. The instructions are in pictures which are suprisingly harder to understand than words!
The pieces don't fit together perfectly, but I'm satisfied with the result. If i had to do it again, I would probably spend the extra money and get a higher quality table in hopes that it would go together easier.

***UPDATE ***
10 months later. . . It's still held up remarkably well! I really do like this item. I've forgotten how difficult it was to put together, now it is just a very nice piece in my son's room that's the perfect height for me as well as my husband.