Mercers Furniture COR109 Corona 3 Drawer Bedside - Brown

These are lovely bedside cabinets. Look great, good size, easy to construct and will last for decades. Very pleased

I've bought this furniture before and it's excellent quality

This is a sort of review but mostly it is a couple of tips and advice that might help you put it together a little easier than the instructions advise. The cabinet is very nice once put together, it's not made from the best quality timber, it is soft, but it looks pretty good and feels sturdy once put together properly. For the price I cannot really complain about it. There are however some issues with the construction if this cabinet I'd like to share here in the hope that it might help anyone purchasing one. So here are some tips on changes and care you should make through certain stages of the instructions for putting this together. It will make life a lot easier as you progress. Also there some additional things you could do that will help as well as getting wood glue (as none is supplied) and a cordless drill with a narrow bit to drill shallow pilot holes which it does not say to do in the instructions. Also you might want to get some rough sandpaper ready and a sanding block too (though this is just a suggestion). I definitely advise that you absolutely do pre-drill shallow pilot holes for ALL screws and glue ALL dowels. SIDES & DRAWER RUNNERS: Section 1 This section misleadingly makes you think that you need parts 6, 7 and 9 for this section, you do not, you will need parts 6 & 7 for section 2 and part 9 for section 3, but I suggest you fix and glue the dowels into all of them ready for use later. I also strongly suggest getting all part 8 (x6) pieces and 12xB screws (from section 7) and do the same to those as you are better off fitting them here in section 1, than in section 7 as instructed. My reasoning? It was at stage 7 where I realised there was an issue with the order of the instructions. And it was where I learnt I should have used a drill to pre-drill shallow pilot holes for ALL the screws at the same time, not just those in stage 7. I had a really hard job in the cramped space screwing the drawer runners down whilst on section 7. If I'd had a shorter screwdriver it might have helped but the pilot holes definitely would have helped regardless. It's so cramped inside it by the time stage 7 is reached. My DeWalt cordless would not fit in there to drill the holes either and there simply is not enough room to get an arm in there to tighten the screws, it has to be done through the drawer openings etc..... So, in section 1, after hammering in the plastic lugs (J), pre-drill shallow holes through their screw holes into the sides to aid you with screwing the drawer separators on in section 3, do not drill right through, 5 mm will be fine. The instructions will tell you to put on the part 8(x8) drawer runners onto the insides of the sides in stage 7. Don't do this - put them in here, at stage 1 as otherwise, like me, you would have an awkward, if not hard job screwing them in. Make sure to use glue on the dowels as well - and pre-fill 5 mm pilot holes and screw them in really, really tight because if you don't get them completely flush to the sides when it's put together the drawers won't slide in easily or may even not go in at all. I also suggest sanding these runners and their top and bottom edges a little to aid in sliding/clearance, as even after doing it this way the top drawer on my first cabinet was still stiff to slide. FRONT DRAWER SEPARATORS Section 2 I nearly made a mistake here, all the parts 6 (x1) and 7 (x3) are identical to look at in size. But part 6 has two pre-drilled holes. I nearly put this in the wrong place - it has to go on the bottom of the number 4 pieces (not flush with the top). The holes in this piece are to screw it onto the bottom/front plinth, there are no dowels to guide you on the 3 plinth parts. SECTION 7 If you've done as above section 7 will be no longer necessary. DRAWERS Section 9 This is where the price of this unit shows. There are no dowels to guide your fitting at all in the drawers with regard to fixing them together. It is all held together by screws (24xI) so can be fiddly to get done without leaving gaps or having the sections drop below the drawer front bottom edge if you are on your own and have no vice, which is what I had to do. I suggest a vice or some helping hands to hold parts flush and tight while you pre-drill pilot holes through the guide holes that are in the sides. Line up the drawer base groove in each of the sides (one side at a time of course) with that on the drawer front, making sure that the bottom of the side also does not drop below the front bottom edge of the front. (you will probably notice here that the alignment of the groove goes out a little but there is plenty of tolerance so it will be fine). Pre-drill the pilot holes, 10-15 mm through the guide holes in the side piece and screw in. I used glue here as well. Once you slide in the hardboard base do exactly the same for the back part. The rest and sections not mentioned here are basically as is. Basically these are the things I learnt from putting the first of these units together. I bought two of these, the second one was a lot easier to do than the first by doing the above, mainly because of incorporating section 7 into section 1. And using pre-drilled pilot holes. The cabinet is sturdy, looks good, I never used the black furniture parts, I got wooden knobs for the drawers as I prefer them

We bought two of these for either side of the bed. They are on the small size, but that was a requirement for us as we don't have much space to spare. If you have space I would definitely go with the larger option. In the attached images I've shown the internal sizes of the drawers (approx W:19.5cm, D:23.5cm, H:9cm), and a size comparison with a mug. You can't get a huge amount in these drawers so as a storage solution they're not awesome - but fine for holding bits and bobs. I didn't bother adding the fake 'bolt heads' - they are just like large pins (photo shown), and in my opinion would simply make the top surface uneven if you want to put stuff on it. Construction was time-consuming. In the instructions it says 40 minutes, but it took me well over an hour. The instructions are easy enough to follow and aren't confusing - it just takes time to get through all the steps and some of the angles you need to put screws in are awkward. There are plastic brackets that hold the main body of the unit together and they do need quite a lot of force to push into their holes. I recommend using a fair-sized rubber mallet for the job. Finally, one of them was missing a drawer base when it arrived. I got in touch with the seller and they are going to send out a replacement part. This kind of thing does happen, so I'm not going to mark them down at all for it - and their customer service was excellent. If I've not updated this review since then you can assume I've received the part without further issue.

Very happy with these little bedside cabinets! OK they're only pine, but their construction is very sturdy and the way they're stained they could easily be mistaken for oak - very nice, pale, neutral colour. I bought two, they come in lots of pieces (basically almost every individual piece of wood) and take a little while to put together properly (at least an hour each for one person), but as long as you're handy with a screwdriver you'll have no issues. Some of the drawer fronts can take a little tweaking to make them line up perfectly, but really not a big issue. The overall build quality is excellent and the finished product is well worth the £34 I paid and the effort to construct. There's also nothing stopping you leaving off some of the metal details (as I've done in the photo) to get a more modern appearance. I'd recommend these to anybody looking for a good value, compact sized piece of bedroom furniture.

Brought two of these . 1st one took about 6 hours 2nd one took about 4 . The 2nd one had 3 drawer bases missing so just check everything is there before putting it together . Company offered to Send missing parts or refund sorted quickly . Nice cabinets , can fit a lot in the drawers . Look nice when up definitely worth the money .

Excellent quality

Easy to put together, screw identification method a bit iffy!

très belle table de chevet bon design la couleur pin est magnifique attention tout de même un tiroir ne rentrait pas obliger de limer le guide pour le faire rentrer mais quand très content de mon achat

La mesita es muy bonita, tal cual se ve en la foto. Todo de madera maciza de pino. El montaje no es difícil, nosotros hemos tardado unas dos horas. Se necesita un atornillador de batería, con destornilladores manuales es imposible montarlo.

tutto come descritto ci vuole un po' di pazienza per montarlo,materiale buono vale tanto per quello che si e' speso consiglierei a tutti di acquistarlo perche' fa la sua figura dovunque lo sistemate.

Die beiden Schränke waren sehr schnell zusammen gebaut. Optisch sehen sie auch gut aus.

Bellissimo