SauderShoal Creek Dresser, L: 33.031 x W: 18.425 x H: 54.646, Jamocha Wood

Beautiful piece of furniture unfortunately when putting together my friend and I broke it

This dresser was ordered to transition my 1 yo out of her nursey into her childhood room as we are welcoming another baby whose moving into the nursey. One of my top concerns was I didn't want "a short, small" dresser you typically see with kids furniture. This dresser is a great height, sturdy, wide and a good length. It will transition well from a "kids" room to a "teens" room as she grows up.Assembly:I am a 31 y o 8 month pregnant women. My previous assembly skills is limited to a recent $35 Bookshelf from Target.. AKA, I have none. By the directions are clear as day, clear images, extra hints AND they're comical.Total assembly probably did take close to 4 hours, simply because I'm an idiot and messed up the first part of building the drawers and so 4/6 my drawers I had to re-do. (My fault). Done properly the dresser is great. Some people said their drawers were dipping.. they didn't read the instructions clearly, were lazy and didn't fix mistakes, or simply didn't TIGHTEN everything.PRO - TIP. When building the drawers, if you have the space follow the steps from start to finish for ONE drawer and just do one drawer start to finish at a time... redoing the shelfs to be correct 1 at a time literally took 1/5 the time because it was just boom boom boom, tighten, done. I think if I did that the first time I would have cut off an hour of assembly time.Speaking of space, you do need a lot, that's the downside.. takes up a lot of space and if you don't have space you need to be EXTRA careful not to bang boards into each other, I did scuff a piece or two.EVERYTHING is labeled clearly so just be mindful of what you are doing and you should have no problem putting this together.It is a heavy, and sturdy piece of furniture (yes a a changing pad will fit on top). For the price, if assembled correctly, you're getting a steal.

Two phase projectMake sure you have an hand-size battery powered screwdriver or a drill set to a minimum setting , a small hammer too.Phase one 1 hour 15 minutesAssembly the drawers first, I brought all the pieces and placed them on my King sized bed and arranged them accordingly: fronts, sides, backs, and bottoms and got all the screws arranged, essentially creating 6 small projects. Make sure that the bottoms are fully in place before tightening the corners. This is an important step, also make certain you have the correct drawer side attached to front side drawer and do not force them into place, the drawer side bottoms are cut at an angle so once they're inserted will stand upright, insert the bottoms, then back side. double check the drawer side numbers. Once the first one is completed properly ( about 20 minutes) you can move onto the next five with confidence. The remaining five shouldn't take more than 10 minutes a piece. This first phase should take about and hour to do all 6 of them.Take a break, eat something have a nice glass of lemonade and baskPhase two: 2 hoursOnce the 54 drawer pieces are out of the way, you'll get a better mental picture of what lies ahead. Therewill be bigger pieces left over forming the skeleton of the dresser. Take your time, remember there is noprize for finishing fast, the prize is assembling a solid dresser no matter how long it takes. Have a goodattitude.Take the remaining pieces and stand them upright on a wall labels out so you can read them. Put the cams in all the dime sized holes now to save time, make sure the opening of the cam faces outward so it can receive the locking pin ( there is an arrow on it so don't worry). For every cam there is a locking pin ( can't remember the name of the top of my head) that will be inserted and tightened. You will know exactly what these holes are for and how they interlock because you just had 6 drawers to practice on.Helpful Hints:When attaching the drawer tracks to the drawer side panels make the screws are centered in their holes before tightening 100%. VIPThe "lip" of the track is always on top.The wooden drawer track on the bottom of the drawers wont be centered on all drawers, just tighten thescrew in the center hole and you'll be fine. Some drawers on left side and some right side.When attaching the Drawer tracks to the interior dresser panels follow the same method of centering the screws in the holes, the tracks come with set pins to help too.When assembling the skeleton, make sure all the finished edges are facing outward, facing the drawer side or front of dresser.When inserting finished drawers, remember some drawers are left and some are right so if they do not fit flush, don't panic just try inserting the drawer on the opposite side.Good Luck