Ashley Furniture Signature Design Contemporary Reviews Summary

Assembly

Pros:

• "They arrived as scheduled and were super easy to assemble."
• "Fairly easy for this 70 yr old to put together."
• "It does require some assembly. But it went together well... all the pieces were included and the end result was exactly what we were looking for."
• "Very well designed product and easy to assemble."
• "Great Qulailty and super easy to assemble - I did in 20 min with no help from hubby and no tools other than the small thingy they send you!!"
• "It was also very easy to put together. No tools required."
• "Assembly was quick and smooth. No issues."

Cons:

• "The base portion was supposed to be already screwed together with little block and screws bu 2 were missing and I had to improvise."
• "Product was very difficult to assemble PROPERLY."
• "Poor directions, drawer doesn’t close easily.Once again, poor directions...pictures only."
• "Great table, however two of the legs did not come with screws long enough to attach the legs to the table itself."
• "One of the cross braces that the legs bolt into was installed upside down on one of the tables which meant that the hole was in the wrong place."
• "Wrong angle piece was put in for 1 leg. Had to drill a new hole to line up with pre-fashioned attachment in the leg."
• "Unfortunately there were NO instructions in the box."

Design & Quality

Pros:

• "The inlay on top and drawer makes them unique."
• "The drawer has two side easy glide 'thingies' that make the drawer slide very nicely."
• "This table is the exact size I needed and it is beautiful."
• "Perfect sturdy little chairside tables with drawer to hold Remotes, Etc."
• "The drawer is great love the tray for which make the table longer, sturdy."
• "They look great, are easy to put together and have a nice 'aged' finish to them."
• "The top of this piece it just beautiful. Love the inlay."

Cons:

• "So bulky and heavy I decided wasn’t worth trying to re-pack and return. I hate dealing with these things."
• "I would have given five stars but there are definitely issues with the stain on both tables."
• "Another 'remove' block was already pulled off and the wood split under it."
• "Drawer inserted was broken Which was odd because it was the front face that ended up cracked."
• "The table is not sturdy."
• "One of the legs had a fairly noticeable crack in it and had to be repaired."
• "I was sad to see that the first one had some minor damage to the top front corner where the brown trim was scraped back to black."

Packaging & Shipping

Pros:

• "It was very well packaged, in a double box."
• "They were delivered on time, packed well, very easy to assemble, are sturdy and look good."
• "They came packaged well and had No damage at all."
• "This was a great buy. I was really impressed with the care they took with packing and shipping."
• "Nicely packaged. Stupid simple to assemble, 8 bolts and drawer comes pre-assembled for you."
• "Great super fast shipping too, perfectly packed."
• "Packed very well. No damage. Very solid. Very good quality."

Cons:

• "These tables arrived with adequate packing, however some of what was supposed to protect them actually left them damaged."
• "Package was fine, until I opened it. Right corner was split, where a block was attached."
• "The first one was damaged, they had a new one here within 2 days."
• "There was also a nick out of the front above the drawer and an actual chunk out of the back."
• "The first one arrived damaged, but the replacement is fine and easy to assemble."
• "My only complaint is that even though it was very well protected in the box, on the first table I bought I noticed a nick on the corner of the table and nicks in one of the legs."
• "The second one was poorly manufactured. It had marks on the legs and also the top had a manufacturing defect."