horrible assembly, great looking loveseat. 3.5 stars
This is sort of a mixed review. On the one hand, you end up with an INCREDIBLY GORGEOUS loveseat. On the other hand, the assembly is a train wreck and the loveseat is HARD. Someone mentioned park bench and I would say Ive sat in more comfortable ones than this. Its almost humorous how awful the sitting experience is when contrasted with the inviting, sexy visual—almost prank level contrast.
The assembly was awful for the following reasons:
-requires two people to force things to line up, and that REALLY takes work
-following the instructions doesnt really work—the first step, for example, has you setting this on the floor, and as much as we tried to make that work, we had to prop it on a bench we have to get the cushion to flatten enough to get force the bolts in while one of us pressed hard and held it in place
-some measurements are slightly off, so to get this to work, you have to barely tighten the bolts per section so theres enough give to slowly tighten them gradually, moving from one to the other and more or less force it to work.
-no guide holes for the final screws, and the close angle to the legs makes it hard to screw in and make a hole using any sort of tool, automatic or otherwise
-legs ended up being just a little off. Its not really noticeable sitting there, but while we were assembling it and saw the bottom, it was pretty obvious
In short:
Assembly: 2 stars
Comfort: 1 star
Visual appeal: 5 stars
Design, construction, and materials: 5 stars
I rounded up to 3.5 stars even though there are some genuinely bad things here. It is just So Visually Stunning that somehow, I forgive all the other issues. Its really gorgeous, and the price is quite reasonable!
horrible assembly, great looking loveseat. 3.5 stars
This is sort of a mixed review. On the one hand, you end up with an INCREDIBLY GORGEOUS loveseat. On the other hand, the assembly is a train wreck and the loveseat is HARD. Someone mentioned park bench and I would say Ive sat in more comfortable ones than this. Its almost humorous how awful the sitting experience is when contrasted with the inviting, sexy visual—almost prank level contrast. The assembly was awful for the following reasons: -requires two people to force things to line up, and that REALLY takes work -following the instructions doesnt really work—the first step, for example, has you setting this on the floor, and as much as we tried to make that work, we had to prop it on a bench we have to get the cushion to flatten enough to get force the bolts in while one of us pressed hard and held it in place -some measurements are slightly off, so to get this to work, you have to barely tighten the bolts per section so theres enough give to slowly tighten them gradually, moving from one to the other and more or less force it to work. -no guide holes for the final screws, and the close angle to the legs makes it hard to screw in and make a hole using any sort of tool, automatic or otherwise -legs ended up being just a little off. Its not really noticeable sitting there, but while we were assembling it and saw the bottom, it was pretty obvious In short: Assembly: 2 stars Comfort: 1 star Visual appeal: 5 stars Design, construction, and materials: 5 stars I rounded up to 3.5 stars even though there are some genuinely bad things here. It is just So Visually Stunning that somehow, I forgive all the other issues. Its really gorgeous, and the price is quite reasonable!