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Reflections 5 Drawer Mirrored Chest of Drawers
by katykicker A few months ago I set about decorating a bedroom in my home and decided on a white, black and mirrored theme. I purchased mirrored wardrobes, bedside tablets and this mirrored chest of drawers for my black TV to sit on. I chose this particular item online, after reading several product reviews on the Woolworths website, and I paid about ... £95.00 for my chest of drawers and the usual retail price is £169.00. I bought these in the sale and received a further 10% off for being a new credit customer. This meant that as soon as the first bill arrived I was able to pay the balance off in full knowing that I had saved myself another £150 odd over my whole order. I received my item within 5 days of placing my order, despite it being over the New Year period, and this chest of drawers arrived flat packed and survived the journey to my home and being lugged up 48 stairs on one end by myself. Within the flat packed box were the wooden and glass pieces required to build this chest of drawers with each piece being labelled with red and white numbered stickers. There was a detailed instruction booklet provided that allowed me to see, with ease, which way up things went and whether I need to be adding any parts to the left or right side of a piece of wood or wood backed glass. Each piece required was layered between either tissue paper or tissue paper AND polystyrene meaning that all pieces were scratch and damage free when I started building this chest of drawers. The parts provided with this chest of drawers included screws, wooden dowels, glue (several little thin pots), cam locks, cam dowels and perhaps some other parts that escape my memory now, although I think I have covered everything. The parts came provided in a wooden box making it easy to find those at the beginning and cross everything off the check list that was at the start of the instruction booklet. I found it simple to lay the parts out, in letter order, on a plastic tray so that I had all the parts I required to hand and was able to be organised and work from the instructions with ease. The instruction booklet for this chest of drawers was simple to understand and had a step by step guide for each part that needed to be built. I built the outer shell, put the top on, built the drawers and then fit them in place and this was even more simple for me as I had already built two bedside cabinets that were basically smaller versions of this by the time I came to build this. The instructions were very well laid out and simple to understand too with the numbered pieces and lettered parts fitting together exactly as shown in the diagram with relative ease, even by myself. There were pre-drilled holes on several of the parts and these were correct to the millimetre making this build very simple for me. At no point was I confused when working from the instructions thanks to the well numbered pieces and well layed out parts. The step by step guides literally showed all the numbers and letters required to build that particular step and I had no problems understanding any part of this build what so ever. If I remember correctly the instruction booklet stated that it would take two people 1 hour to build this but building this by myself was a breeze and took approximately 1 hour and 20 minutes, even with my inquisitive cat in tow! I am sure if two people were building this that it would be built in under one hour, definitely, as one person could work on the shell while one person worked on building the drawers. When building this chest of drawers I worked on the outer shell first, putting the runners in place for the drawers to run smoothly once this was built. There were two runners for each drawer, one at either end of the inside of the shell, and there were two pieces to attach to each drawer to ensure that all the parts of the runners fit together properly. The pre-drilled holes were in the perfect place and I made sure that all the screws went in the middle of the holes and were screwed in as straight as possible. There was a small piece of wood that was added to the bottom front of the chest of drawers to finish off the look once the whole thing was built and avoid having an unsightly gap at the bottom of the chest of drawers. This does complete the look and gives the unit an overall symmetrical look, as you can probably see from the photo above. The top was heavy but I managed to add this by myself and it fit in to the pre-cut holes with ease and the top had a protective film on it to keep it looking perfect until I had finished building it, something which I left in place right until I was finished. There were cam dowels and cam locks used to keep the top in place and these worked very well and help to ensure that the top is exactly where it should be and sturdy too, even with my television on top of it. In addition to the cam dowels and cam locks there were some wooden dowels also that I glued in to the top and placed go on the tops of to glue the top on to the unit and just give it an extra bit of support. When building the drawers I obviously had to just repeat the same process five times over building the drawers, slotting the bottoms of the drawers in place and making sure the runners were put in place correctly. The drawers were quite time consuming but they were simple as I had made up smaller versions for the bedside cabinets previously with no problems. With the drawers built this unit was ready and I was able to slot the drawers in to place. The drawers slide in to place with ease, providing you've got them lined up in the runners correctly and not running along the top. I put the fourth drawer in place incorrectly and failed to notice this. As it was about 2am when I was trying to finish this room and get to bed for the night I failed to notice and I pushed the drawer several times, at least three, to try and force it in to place, obviously being glass this was a mistake. I had put the right hand side of the drawer in place incorrectly and when I forced this for the third or fourth time I heard a crunching noise and I had managed to damage the top right hand side of the glass. Now fortunately this didn't crack everywhere and instead I just crunched off a piece that was about 4mm long and 2mm wide so this was barely noticeable and when I showed people my finished room, even if I pointed it out, they stated that the damage was minimal and not noticeable at all. I was able to file the edges of this broken part, even though it wasn't particular sharp, just to ensure that my cats don't harm themselves if they brush past the chest of drawers. I'm not 100% sure but this chest of drawers, like the other items in the range, appear to be made from a fairly soft wood that has been finished with a black laminated coating that keeps everything looking and feeling smooth. The material doesn't feel really strong when building this chest of drawers but once in place and once the last of the parts are in place and everything is finished this chest of drawers feels sturdy and is not wobbly at all. The chest of drawers looks and feels fantastic and even after several months of me putting things down on it daily there is not a single scratch. There were fixings provided to secure this to the wall but we haven't bothered with this. Each of the drawers are evenly balanced with mainly Winter clothes and I just make sure that I don't open all of the bottom drawers together just in case there was a tipping issue. I've had no problems with this wobbling, moving or almost tipping over at all and I am very pleased with the quality of this chest of drawers. Obviously a small piece of the glass on one of the drawers is broken but this is my own fault and it wasn't until I really lost my temper and pushed the drawer in place for the third or fourth time that it crunched the glass and caused the damage to occur. Of course by the time I realised my error I had already been too aggressive and managed to damage the drawer. There are details provided on the back of the wood for the back piece that tells me who I can contact if I need to buy replacement parts but as the damage is so small, and completely safe now, I have just left it as it is for now, and likely will forever! These chest of drawers stand at 109cm high, 70.4cm wide and 39.2cm deep. This is ideal for the bedroom that I have placed it in and it has a 32" TV standing on it, an Xbox (on its side) and a few other bits and bobs with a little bit of room still available at the front for me to stand my hairbrush and other items on. The height is ideal as the TV can be seen comfortably from on top of the double bed in that bedroom, should I choose to watch it. Overall I am really pleased with this chest of drawers. The height is perfect and the mirrored drawers add the ideal look to the bedroom. The bedroom is now light, airy and looks fantastic with the addition of this piece and several others in the range. With regards to cleaning the mirrors I do this once a week and I use a microfibre cloth, with no cleaning products, and find that this is perfect to remove any fingerprints that guests have left and I just keep the cloth in one of the drawers of one of the bedside cabinets and I just get it out when I nee it. I am rating this chest of drawers 5 stars out of 5. I feel that this item is really worth of the 5/5 rating as it was cheap, at just under £100, and it looks fantastic. Lots of light has been added to the room and the furniture looks fantastic, in my opinion. There is no wobble to this chest of drawers and the drawers are deep enough and strong enough to hold jumpers and other items too with ease and without any damage occurring to the bottom of the drawers. I haven't had to attach this to the wall but likely will once we have our own child rather than just nieces and nephews visiting from time to time. I am chuffed with the quality of this item and I would firmly recommend it, just don't be heavy handed when you first put the drawers in place! The runners are smooth and stop the drawers from coming out, even if I pull them right to the end of the runners. I purchased this item, and the other items I own in the 'Reflections' range from Woolworths. I saved 10% for being a new credit account customer and the Reflections range is also usually available from other companies in the Shop Direct Group, including Very and Littlewoods should you want to shop there instead. Read the complete review |
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Rugs
by Chippytarka Rather than talk about the history of the rug, I would like to review a rug that I purchased within the last six months. When I first moved into my house, I was determined to carpet the house throughout, as that is what Im used to, but I was advised not to because having alittle baby at the time, it would be easier to keep ... the flooring clean if I had laminated flooring downstairs but have carpet upstairs so it would give comfort and make it homely. Thank goodness I took that advise, because I was not prepared for the amount of poo, pee, puke and general food mess I would experience, more so downstairs, when my son arrived ( then later his sister ). But to make the floor look less harsh and and dress it alittle more I added a rug, which the children tend to play on, watch tv etc. Upstairs, despite it being carpeted, I really wanted a rug for my sons room. I had decorated it in a more neutral cream colour as I knew at some point his sister would share the room with him, but I felt it was alittle empty and needed some added accessories. I thought a rug would be perfect as I didn't have to spend lots of money on it, but I wanted a pop of colour in their without adding any more paint or pictures to the wall. My concern was getting a rug that was unisex, and would work well whether it was in a boys or girls room, as my children would be sharing, and this is when I found this particular rug, I was over the moon. It cost £12.00 plus p and p from Amazon ( around 6 months ago ). How does it look? The size of this rug is 100cm x 133cm. Its 100% Nylon and completely washable ( 30% ). The rug itself is spilt into 20 squares. Each square being a different colour, half of them having the numbers 1 through to 10 on them and the other squares have either 1-10 different patterns or pictures on them that correspondent with the numbers. The colours are bright and colourful, completely unisex and the pictures on the rug are basic but eye catching for the little ones. What do I think of this rug? I think its great. Not only does it provide some brightness to my childrens room, but its quite educational. My son can count very well now, and knows his numbers well past 10, so I always catch him jumping on the rug as if hes playing hop scotch and counting the pictures on the squares. Another reason why I bought this particular rug was because it was machine washable. I did wonder how clean the rug would remain with the kids and thought what a great idea to be able to throw it in the machine rather than sat on my hands and knees scrubbing madly trying to get out dirt and goodness knows what. But thankfully I haven't had to wash it, as they spend most of the time being gruby and grimy in the livingroom. I think the rug itself is quite a good quality. Not too thin where you would question its durability but not too thick and heavy where you would find it difficult to move around. Great buy at a great price Its currently being sold for £17.00 free p and p. http://www.amazon.co.uk/ Childrens-Playtime-Educational-Numbers-Rug/dp/B009OFZF2U/ref=sr_1_1? Read the complete review |
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Ikea Tranby Mirror
by jjrose When we bought the new house, it comes with a lot of nice furniture. However, the previous owner of my room seems to love hanging up pictures because when I came to decorate my room I found quite a few holes where they used to be hanging nails for picture frames. I managed to make the walls in the room look nice by hanging some paintings ... and posters, but I don't like to clutter the walls because it gives a somewhat claustrophobic feeling. However, I was at a lost of what to hang on the wall at the foot of my bed because the width of the wall itself is quite narrow due to the windows taking up most of the space. Then my mum suggested hanging a small, nice looking mirror to fill up the empty screw/nail holes, which was a good advice as I don't have a mirror in my room. Mirrors tend to be expensive and, therefore, when I found this Ikea Tranby mirror being retailed for £11.00, I thought it would make a good addiction to my room decoration. I bought this mirror from a Ikea showroom; the packaging was quite light and easy to remove. Ikea advertised these mirrors as being 'each one is hand made'. Each mirror comes with components for mount fitting so it was really convenient, and feels like I've got my money's worth. From the first expression, the mirror has great reflection and the mosaic are of good quality. The mosaic pieces are clear and cut nicely. The diameter of the whole mirror is 50 cm, which is a very good size and fits nicely on the narrow wall space at the foot of my bed. Note that Ikea also advertised this as being able to be used in 'high humidity' areas, so it would be suitable for bathrooms as well. However, since I hang this mirror in the room, it doesn't really apply to me. It is very easy to clean the mirror; most of the time, I used the dust cloth with special microfibres (or something) to wipe away the dust without leaving any residue. I have to be careful when cleaning the ridges between the mosaics because the edges of the small mirror pieces are a bit sharp and can catch on the cloth. Overall, I believe Idea does it again by delivering good products at very affordable prices. I noticed a few other decorative mirrors whilst I was browsing at the Ikea showroom. I will be on the look-out for more nice pieces like this for the hallway the next time I visit Ikea. At £11 a piece, this wonderful mirror gives my room a modern edge with its sleek finish. Thank you very much for reading and reviewing. :) x Read the complete review |
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