Target Marketing Systems Montego Collection 2-Doors 1-Open Shelf Sideboard Buffet, Red

I purchased this to do a coffee bar in my dining room (I saw it on Pinterest). I put a wire basket shelf with cup holders above it and it is really cute and handy to have everything together and off my kitchen counters. Buffet was very well made. Easy to put together with just a little reading and basic tool knowledge.

I gave this a four star because it had damage. There was a split in the wood which I was able to glue and clamp. Also one of the hinges was severely bent. This I put in a vice and reshaped it. Fortunately I was able to do this not all would have been able to. I love the unit so I made the effort. It is sturdy, I put it together myself (women who is 65), perfect color. It is a very attractive sturdy piece.

Received the package just before 3pm this afternoon. After reading all of the reviews here, I first unpacked all the pieces and then reviewed the directions and checked the parts. Both the box and styrofoam are cheap and flimsy, so I was surprised to find that none of the pieces were damaged. All the wood parts are clearly labeled with their part letters. The screws and other various parts are packed together in just a few bags with numerous part-letter stickers on each bag, but as long as you can count and match the parts to the picture chart in the directions it's easy to figure out which parts are which. The directions themselves are more pictures than words, but again, easy to understand. I had this completely built in less than an hour! The only part that I even had to think twice on was the two strips that go across the bottom and middle of the front; they have cams & wood dowels closer to one edge than the other and it matters which edge is up. My only real complaint is the glue on the part-letter stickers - they could use something easier to remove!! Overall, from unpacking to finished product, I am very happy with this buffet!

I will start this review with you don't always 'get what you pay for'.....sometimes it's less. We are professional cabinetmakers, have been for over 30 yrs. If I can include a picture I will, but suffice it to say we design and produce some of the most high-end cabinets and furniture still made in the USA. Sometimes, I just need something that will 'do the trick' for a space in my home, and don't want to have the expense of buying my own product. This was the case here- I just needed a printer stand with storage for a craft area. We have had quite a bit of experience with IKEA pieces and other self assemble pieces with kids going to college, etc. Not to mention (although I already did) we are PROFESSIONALS in this area. So- here is the review: The parts showed up in the box well packed and on time. Upon opening the box, I got a good dose of what I call the China stench, just such a chemical-laden bunch of fumes from the box. Hoping this is not what your air is like in China, but it wouldn't surprise me. It did dissipate rather quickly, and unlike a few other Made in China things I have purchased in the past few years, it wasn't something that had to air out on the patio or in the garage for a few days to keep it from killing you. Second impression: There are A LOT of parts. Not to worry, there are instructions and we are professionals :) This is NOT a piece you could assemble on your own. I'm just sayin'.....this is a 2 person project. 2 people with the patience of Job. You will need wood glue- standard Elmers type of glue would suffice as well. A #3 Phillips head screwdriver. We also ended up needing our cordless drill, small phillips tips, a clamp and a wrench. What I found to be the biggest draw-back of this piece was that the machining was sloppy, making the assembly fittings either too snug or too loose, and the fact that the cam-lock assembly fittings were SO CHEAP and such a soft and low grade metal that if you twist it just a little too hard the fitting itself just starts to open up and will not hold the male counterpart to draw the pieces together. Also, where the holes are for the dowels the holes were loose, not so much round as slightly a 'wallered-out oval' so the dowels do not stay perpendicular to the piece they are inserted in. If you are not using some sort of wood glue to help hold them in place, they will fall out when you try to assemble the piece, and the cheapo cam-lock assembly fittings may or may not actually lock onto the male part to hold it together. In the end, the glued dowels are the only real chance you have that this piece will stay together at all. It took 2 (sometimes 3) of us a full 2 1/2 hours to put this thing together, and at a few points we were really ready to just send it back. For instance- there is a piece that runs horizontally across the back that hold the thing together as well as connects the 2 back pieces together. I'm gonna tell ya right now- just forget putting in the camlock bolts into this piece and just go with the dowels, b/c the camlock bolts do not line up correctly, and this is where you will need pliers or a wrench to jerk these pieces back out, b/c one you have screwed them in, you cannot reverse that process. Also- put the door hinges onto the face frame before you put it on the cabinet, b/c otherwise you have to try to stuff yourself into a little black space to screw them on, and if you are not a contortionist you may find this difficult. The overall *quality* is about what I expect, however you will never move this piece from one home or apt to another, I would be shocked if it would survive a move. Is it an OK printer stand? Sure. It's going to do what I need it to do. Since they do not give you any indication on how big the bottom opening is- it is 8 inches high and the doors are 19 1/4 inch high. I have some baskets that look pretty cute on the bottom area, and there is an adjustable shelf you can put in the section where the doors are. I have not purchased anything else from this company, and do not plan to. If I did not have space restrictions for the space where I am using this for a printer stand, I probably would have picked something else. Or just given up and sent this back. For the record, my son solved the "World's Most Difficult Puzzle" in less time. Seriously. Good Luck!

Love the color it adds to my dining room. Lots of room for extra dishes. Great price!

Came in broke, had to fix right side and cannot use doors.

I was very happy with my purchase. They look great in my dinning room and the quality was even better than I expected

I have put together quite a few pieces of furniture similar to this and they have been fine. However, this is truly the poorest example of furniture I have ever worked on. The material is paper glued to fiberboard which is normal for this type of furniture, however, the cabinet has numerous places where it was painted over rippled or torn paper. The long camlock bolts which hold the top upper front cross bar were too short and the camlock could only grab one side, even with the three screws which are supposed to hold it to the top of the cabinet, the top crossbar is loose and moves everytime you open a door. Many of the screws just spun in place like the fiberboard was disintegrating. It is simply a waste of money. While from a distance it looks nice, I am waiting for the pieces to start to separate and tear. Very disappointing, and would suggest that TMS is a company to run, not walk away from. Amazon can do far better.