Alaterre Furniture Shaker Cottage 36″ TV Stand, Cherry

The console is very nice looking. Beautiful grain and finish. But – the assembly was a beast to put together. The bolts are too close to the edge – making it very difficult to screw in and tighten. My husband – who is a carpenter – struggled with this – complaining the whole time about why anyone would construct something so awkwardly.

He finally got it assembled – but soon discovered that the console they shipped to us had 2 left facing doors – instead of 1 right and 1 left. This resulted in the knobs not aligning – with one being higher and at an angle from the other. It looks like a cock-eyed face to an otherwise nice looking piece of funiture.

I reached out to Amazon and they offered me a 20% refund. They also offered to pick it up and send us another one – but it was far too difficult to put together in the first place – and there’s no guarantee that the new one wouldn’t have the same issue. We opted for the partial refund and will try to find other handles to replace the cock-eyed ones we currently have.

Update: The company reached out to us and offered to send us a replacement door. They were very responsive, kind and accommodating. If it were a simple matter of taking a door off it’s hinges and replacing it – we’d take them up on their offer. But with this unit – there are no hinges. The doors have to be mounted inside the unit before the top is secured. It was far too difficult to get the unit together. My husband drilled holes into the door faces and we attached oblong handles instead of the knobs – to conceal the misplaced holes. It looks fine now.

I’d caution any buyer to first determine if the doors are correct prior to assembling the unit to avoid what we encountered. Overall – a beautiful, sturdy cabinet.

We selected the Alterra to serve as a corner TV stand. It arrived very safely packaged with well-placed, tidy protective foam. All parts and necessary tools were enclosed. The table is very heavy, solid and well-finished. Assembly was easy following the simple instructions. I took the advice of another reviewer and put the center shelf into position prior to attaching the doors. The only difficulty comes from the shelf brackets which attach to the table from – they don’t fit the holes tightly and turn and fall out easily making it difficult to get the shelf seated. But once that is done we were presented with a substantial, handsome, well engineered table. No flaws in the finish, the doors work smoothly, the shelf is secure, and it is just right for our application. A quality budget friendly piece of furniture. Don’t be afraid of buying one.

This TV stand seems well made for the price and was very easy to assemble. Size was perfect for my 39″ TV. Two minor complains: the espresso color was off from what was expected/pictured, had more of a dark cherry tint. The doors would benefit from a plastic washer/spacer at the bottom pivot to raise the door up a bit. It slightly rubs on the frame. My supply of miscellaneous washers provided a cure.

I’m great at putting thing together but to put the shelf in before you attach the bottom. Does not fit in between the doors and into the unit. REmember the unit goes together up side down on the floor the top first up side down then the sides then the back,then the shelf then the bottom, turn it over with out the glass doors so you wont break the glass the last step is the glass doors. looks great.