Sauder Palladia Dresser, Select Cherry finish

Really nice looking and very sturdy, except for the back, but most furniture comes with that crappy cardboard back. I thought this dresser was deep enough but once you pull the drawers out, you realize they're kinda short/hard to work with. I prefer a horizontally deep rather than vertically deep drawer, but considering this dresser only cost me 220 and is super nice otherwise, I would buy it again.My assembly was spread in small parts over several weeks lol so it wasn't bad. Instructions were very clear, but I do have some complaints/advice1) Use a power drill! One of the main problems I had was bc I didn't have a drill to use.2) biggest problem: those HORRIFIC twist lock screws. Did no one else hate these, really? If you have 0 muscle these are near impossible to turn and get stripped real fast, making it actually impossible to further tighten. The top of my dresser is not totally flush to the sides because of this. It's not a major issue, but yeah. Wouldn't have had this problem with a power drill3) the holes for the rails on the inside of the dresser are too small for the screws, had to widen them all w/ a flat head4) that bottom piece that connects to the R pieces was hard to align. It's not visibly crooked from the front but when I was screwing it in, it was too high up from one of the Rs lol.5) Drawer rails are a bit hard to align. One of my drawers is woobly when I push it back in and I can't figure out why (I have asked my dad to come investigate lol). If there were some sort of guiding lines where you have to install the rails, that would really help ensure they're straight.

I build this last night and it looks great. I should say, it looks great for the price. We did not have unrealistic expectations. This will not look like a thousand dollar dresser. However, it definitely looks much better than anything you'd find at a typical value big-box store like Wal-Mart or Target, for about the same price. The drawers slide smoothly and the dresser itself is quite sturdy once it's all together. The instructions were extremely comprehensive and easy to follow. One thing to note, is that when putting the drawer fronts on, you can put them on slightly crooked. This is easily rectified by backing out the screws from the front piece slightly, moving the drawer front to the proper alignment, and re-tightening the screws. I do not believe this to be a defect at all, just something to be aware of if you put the drawers in and notice one or two that look like they are at a slight angle compared to the others.Overall, a great value at this price. The drawers are big and this add character to a bedroom. It does not look "cheap" at all.

I wanted to buy the matching night stand and dresser than came with my bed but the dresser alone was 500 dollars. I settled for this and I was amazed on how heavy it was and it's sturdy enough. It has deep drawers which means you can stuff more things inside. The color matched very well my bed frame which made me even more happy.Delivery was FAST! Some others I saw said that it needed more days to process even with prime but not this one. Shipped ASAP!The bad thing! When you buy stuff online specially furniture you're taking a gamble because you don't know how shipping will go or packaging. Well one of the boards at the bottom has a nice decent part of the wood broken off and a drawer also had a nice chip off. This is the only reason why I am giving it a 3.5 stars. Because those little things bother me. But lets face the fact, some dude probably getting paid minimum wage to pack these stuff so he could care less on how good he packages the furniture. That's how I see it.The night stand came with no problems and I loved it as well.I didn't like the knobs that well so I just bought my own and replaced them.Overall it was great for the price. I would recommend it. But hope to get lucky and get a clean one.BTW This was time consuming to put together!

We needed a dresser, in a hurry, for our guest bedroom and it's pretty clear that we got what we paid for. It doesn't look as nice, in person, as it does in the picture. The pre-drilled holes did not line up so drawers did not open easily. It is constructed out of particle board and the wood grain imprinting is very very thin. We would have returned this item but, as we learned later, it cannot be returned once it has been assembled . Make sure you take a good look at all the pieces before you begin assembly and look for holes that are not in line with one another. We got around the problem by drilling our own holes and adding additional screws to the front of each drawer bracket. One last thing...I've been a carpenter for over twenty years and I can't imagine how long this would take to assemble if one has little or no experience in assembling cabinets, etc. It took us just about four hours and although the instructions are pretty clear about NOT using power tools to assemble this item, I couldn't guess how long it would take to put this together, using only hand tools. The entire dresser comes completely unassembled. There are exactly 50 pieces that need to be assembled and that's not including the 24 drawer slides that need to be mounted, or the 161 screws that need to be fastened, or the 127 other miscellaneous pieces or the 60 nails for nailing the back panel of the dresser.