Ameriwood Home Carson TV Stand for 70 Inch TVs - Cherry Finish, Modern Entertainment Center for Living Room, Bedroom & Home Theater

After reading the reviews I was nervous about receiving a damaged product but for the price I decided to take the chance. I was excited when it arrived a day early but then I noticed how beat up the box was. Box was being held together with loose tape and appeared to have been opened before. Box was beat up and has some holes. I realize that happened during shipping but the loose tape and such wasn’t. Sadly I did find that a few of boards for the tv stand were damaged but no scratches or cracks so moved forward with putting it together. Instructions were easy to follow but did take a few hours to complete. The hinges for the doors aren’t the best and plan on replacing them later on because they make horrible sounds. One door won’t properly install and is currently unusable until hinges are replaced. I took a black marker and colored in the corner pieces that were damaged and now you can’t tell unless your looking for it. End result is the tv stand is beautiful and just loving the fireplace feature. If your considering purchasing, be prepared to make repairs.Overall I like the tv stand for my 65 inch tv. It fits perfect. Has enough spacing for my ps5 and games. Assembly and instructions were clear cut. The only gripe I had I saw On previous reviews happen to me as well, the cabinets aren’t really smartly designed unless I too assembled it wrong. When opening the mini doors, it isn’t smooth and it pops Out the hinges like it was loosely assembly. But After putting together multiple furniture pieces, I’m pretty sure it’s not my assembling issue and more on the design. It’s honestly minor when looking at the product as a whole unless your constantly opening those mini cabinets.It was missing a couple of screws which proved to be difficult to assemble without. However, I was still able to assemble in about 2.5 hours. You will need two people at times. I suggest getting a drill or this will take much longer. Directions aren't crazy hard to follow if you've assembled Ikea furniture, but they don't have words. Overall, I love the look for the price. It's a great size, the fire place is very cute and it puts out decent heat. I would recommend again.I needed a product with two different wood tones to match some other furniture in my new home. This was perfect. I will not say it is "easy" to assemble, it did take an hour or so, but the instructions are very clear on how to do it. Be forewarned, it is pretty heavy. I had had it delivered to my old place before moving, and had to have the movers move the box of pieces for me because I could not lift it (I did not assemble it until I was in my new house).It took a while to put it together, but it was three women and we put it together. It was not difficult at all…but it was a little long. I’m very happy…I love it!Took my boyfriend two nights to assemble it all. Is definitely heavy and sturdy. Fits our 70inch TV and while I was worried about the feet of the TV not really fitting well, it does but just by the hair. It is a good height and I'm happy with this purchaseAfter reading some of the reviews for this product, I almost did not buy it. There were more than a normal amount of negative reviews stating that parts of the cabinetry arrived all scratched up. Some of those reviews also included pictures and a lot of scratches might be a bit of an understatement. This TV stand fit my requirements much better than all the others so I took a chance and ordered it. I was relieved to see that the box it was shipped in was still sealed and there wasn't any physical damage to the box, I checked all of the parts and inventoried them as well as I unpacked the box and everything that was supposed to come with this unit was delivered and everything was in very good condition as well. I think the scratch's that some people found on their units probably occurred in shipping. The box was well packed with enough Styrofoam to provide some protection if the box was dropped and the Styrofoam also kept parts from moving about.This unit has a lot of pieces and hardware to it. The instructions were pretty easy to follow but the sheer amount of parts/assembly made assembly take around 2 hours to complete. Once put together the whole stand feels sturdy and stable and for the most part I am happy with my purchase. There are a couple of things I dislike though. The hinges that mount the 2 doors up front are very cheap. They work but they also make noise when you open either door. It sounds like some part of the hinge is grinding against another part of the hinge. My other complaint has to do with the legs the cabinet sits on. Not so much the legs but rather the very soft particle board that is used throughout. The legs are made of metal and the screw into areas of the bottom of the cabinet where the factory recessed a screw anchoring piece of hardware that the screw end of the legs will screw into. In theory this seems to be a quick and easy way to attach the legs and if it wasn't for the too soft particle board they recessed the anchors for the legs into, there would be no problem. Unfortunately the particle board is way to soft to have anything recessed into it. That wasn't an obvious problem until I went to slide the unit closer to the wall. I was sliding the until slowly over carpeting and I slid the unit 2 or 3 inches and then one of the legs came popping out from under one corner of the unit.Turns out that the particle board is softer that I could have ever imagined and it took very little drag between the carpet and the leg to shatter the particle board that was surrounding the recessed anchor. I can fix this so it is not that big of a deal but if you do not have any background that you can turn to to fix it, You are going to have to either break off all the remaining legs so that the unit sits once again stable. Still, the overall value and quality are good enough to overlook these 2 issues. Just be careful if you go to slide the unit to better situate the cabinet slide it very carefully and slowly. If you don't you will find that your unit doesn't have any legs all of the sudden.Not happy with my purchase! It came missing one of the back boards (J) and it only came with 1 door! In which case I didn’t bother putting the one door on cause that would be weird!! No option to even contact the seller to let them know! I’m sure it’s just bad luck but I feel as tho I wasted my hard earned moneyMy product was delivered by UPS and one shelf was damaged. The packing should be better to prevent this from happening.Two screws were missing. However I will call the company to replace the shelf and the screws.There are 252 pieces that need to put together and and around 5 hours of work.There are 3 main shelves and each one is made of 3 pieces. Why the company didn’t make 3 long shelves instead of making so many small pieces. This is stupid!!!!!The customer would be happier because it requires lest time assembling and the join between shelves wouldn’t exist. The cost of packing and transporting would be a bit more expensive but the customer will be happy to pay this extra if we avoid those horrible gaps in between pieces.I found that it was a very sturdy and nice tv stand and a lot bigger than it seems just looking at the picture but it can hold up to "50 inch tv's. The only thing is that if you plan on buying it make sure you have help to carry it into your home unless you can hold 50lbs worth of furniture in a box. I really struggled with that and luckily my neighbor came to the rescue. Also the round cylinders cannot be tightened too tight or it will break into the wood and that may risk the unit becoming useless so be careful putting it together.The stand when assembled is as described. The difficulty was mounting the doors after the unit was assembled. The instructions should be changed to mount the doors on the outside panels before assembling the unit. The doors can be easily adjusted after the unit is assembled.Le meuble vient sans un catalogue d’assemblage, j’ai contacté le service à la clientèle pour avoir plus d’informations en ce qui concerne l’assemblage, l’agent nous a tout simplement dit que l’article vient sans catalogue d’instruction pour l’assemblage et demande d’emballer le tout et le retourner... C’était pas agréable du tout... Le paquet très lourd et pas facile à emballer... j’ai due chercher pendant une heure les instructions sur internet... enfin assemble, le meuble est très beau..