DEVAISE 5-Drawer Wood File Cabinet With Wheels

This was purchased as a gift for a cosmetology teen who wanted a drawer cabinet for storing make up and hair supplies. It’s excellent! The drawers work smoothly and the rolling wheels can be locked in place. The drawers are not as deep as the front panel, they’re shallow but for storing make up/small items/scrap booking papers the depth is ideal. Plenty of storage and organization with this cabinet!

Regarding assembly: this took some time (a little over two hours – if we were to assembly a second one it would take half the time), but it wasn’t difficult. A mom, an aunt (both of whom talked and laughed the whole time) and a teen girl (along with an inquisitive dog that kept walking over all the pieces) assembled the cabinet with no errors. The instructions are a little confusing in spots, so we did have to figure some things out on our own, and once we figured out how the pictures were designed it got easier as we went along. Sorting all the parts into sections and piles saved a lot of time in the long run. There’s a lot of wooden pegs, and an interesting connection involving a round wheel-like disc and pin that fits into the discs and locks into place. Once we figured out how that wheel + pin worked we announced it was a genius design and moved pretty quickly whenever assembly required those parts.

It was definitely helpful to have more than one person during assembly, to hold some of the parts in place while they were being assembled – however – I honestly believe that someone could assemble this on their own.

More than half way through we worried that the cabinet would be unsteady and flimsy; however once everything was assembled and the stabilizing clips were fit into the back the cabinet was sturdy and seems a lot nicer than the price would indicate! Overall a very good purchase, looks great, works great, and the price was very reasonable. Highly recommend!

Nice compact, stores A4 size paper folders nicely.
Pros:
Good finish
Perfect size
Okay installation time.
Has wheels that lock

Cons:
Little shaky (can’t keep monitor, TV safely )
Doesn’t feel sturdy, lot of weight may crack it

Je suis ravie de cette commande. J’ai acheté 2 tours. Elles ont été très simples à monter, si tous les meubles pouvaient être aussi simples, ce serait bien! Toutes les pièces sont numérotées. Les trous sont bien faits, aux bons endroits.
Ils sont très bien pensés. Les fonds de tiroirs et fond du meuble très bien maintenus.
Les tiroirs coulissent parfaitement, se placent bien parallèles dans le meuble.

J’ai passé cette commande le 31 Mai, livraison prévue entre le 1er juillet et le 4, je l’ai reçue le 5 juin!

Je n’ai qu’un point négatif à soulever, une des planches d’un tiroir était abîmée, voir la photo. Mais cela n’a pas gêné au montage du meuble et n’a pas fragilisé la tenue du fond du tiroir et ça ne se voit absolument pas. J’avais enlevé une étoile au début pour ce défaut mais à la réflexion, le meuble n’en est pas affecté, donc je lui laisse 5*.
Oh et un autre mini point négatif, il y a un autocollant sur le dessus du meuble et quand on l’enlève il laisse des traces de colle mais avec de l’acétone végétale, ça part sans abîmer la couleur du meuble.

Je recommande vraiment l’achat de ses tours de tiroirs. Je partais avec un léger à priori car meubles en “compressé” mais franchement ils sont top. La simplicité du design fait qu’ils passent partout sans dénoter.

The build on this was somewhat tedious, so be prepared for it to take a minute, however, the instructions are clear if you read them. Absolutely phenomenal quality when compared to the look-alike brand very stable fits perfectly where we wanted it. Thick quality construction excellent purchase highly recommend.

I actually enjoyed assembling this piece. The parts fit well together, all drilled holes align well, and cuts seem pretty square. Once fully assembled, the drawers are centered and glide easily, gaps are small and even, and unit is very sturdy. My only complaint is that two of the drawer faces had noticeable nicks on their edges. I was able to touch them up, but I would have liked all unblemished drawer faces. I also wish the manufacture would substitute something more environmentally friendly than styrofoam for packing.

This piece has the most parts of any piece of DIY furniture I’ve assembled (258+ and I didn’t use the 20 for the castor wheels), but, once completed, it is nice looking piece that perfectly suited my needs. It took me about 3 hours to complete, but I take some steps other may not take. First, I lay everything out in assembly-line fashion, making sure I have all the parts. Second (and I recommend this step to everyone), I used wood glue on all the wooden dowel pins. The cam lock connectors used in this piece (and in most DIY furniture) are pretty cheap, especially when used with particle board. They either bottom out too easily or they won’t stay tight over time. Either way, their use generally results in loose and unstable joints. However, they do make decent ‘clamps’ for holding the panels in place while the wood glue dries. Wood glue is far superior to the cams and extends the usefulness of the furniture by years (I have Sauder bookcases I built 24 years ago that are still solid – even after multiple moves). I recommend Titebond II wood glue, but even Elmers would be better than just the cams alone. Finally, I don’t skip steps.

The instructions are fairly clear, and anyone who’s ever done DIY furniture before shouldn’t have any issues. Several points, though. You might be tempted, as I was, to secure the drawer bottoms with small nails (not included). Initially, it seems as though they will not be secured and will sag. But, once the drawer slide rails are added to the drawers, the bottoms are secured. Second, you might be tempted to skip attaching the plastic inserts against the back panels in the final step. Don’t. It’s not intuitive that these 8 small plastic pieces would do much of anything, but they actually add detectable stability to the unit. Finally, and I can’t stress this enough: do not over-tighten cam pins or screws. Particle board is a poor material, but it will work for light furniture until you strip it over-tightening a screw. Wood glue can be used to repair the hole (put glue in stripped hole, insert screw, let dry completely), but the repair will be weaker than an unstripped hole, which isn’t that great to start with.

To summarize, not a bad piece of DIY furniture. With a little care and patience, following the instructions, the chest should provide years of function and decent aesthetics for a reasonable price.