IKEA - KALLAX Shelving Unit, Black-Brown 77x147 cm

My first piece ever purchased. Love the color, it’s the main factor honestly as my house is from 1910 and doesn’t match many products. At first, it started off very easy to assemble. But then, as I pulled more pieces out of the box, many of the pieces were damaged and I picked up in store. What was extremely disappointing was when the hammer went through the side of the shelving unit while trying to assemble. So note, please do not use a lot of force because you will inflict damage. While assembling, I managed to chip quite a few of the shelves and I’m hoping this will help others because while it is a nice piece, it requires a softer touch apparently.

This product came with missing holes (which had to be drilled in) and missing pegs. It's hard to believe, but finding replacement pegs for this product is actually hard. And don't expect Ikea to help you, because they won't. Once you open this up, and start to put together and realize you have missing parts, well your up a creek with no paddle home. They will expect you to dismantle all the work you done (and whatever time you spent drilling holes into it) and put back in a floppy box now, make sure you have tape, and drive it back to the store. They have no way of helping anyone with their products if they are missing parts. So, basically IKEA is advertising these products as theirs, but they are not, because they can't give you missing parts. Expect you to ... MoreThis product came with missing holes (which had to be drilled in) and missing pegs. It's hard to believe, but finding replacement pegs for this product is actually hard. And don't expect Ikea to help you, because they won't. Once you open this up, and start to put together and realize you have missing parts, well your up a creek with no paddle home. They will expect you to dismantle all the work you done (and whatever time you spent drilling holes into it) and put back in a floppy box now, make sure you have tape, and drive it back to the store. They have no way of helping anyone with their products if they are missing parts. So, basically IKEA is advertising these products as theirs, but they are not, because they can't give you missing parts. Expect you to exchange and try again. Good Luck to you right. Be careful Ikea is not about customer service.

This was exactly the perfect size and heigh needed for our living room. I knew it would fit perfectly, but my husband had doubts at first. However, when he saw it built he had to give credit where credit was due. We both absolutely love this with the legs because it goes with the rest of our furniture and just gives an elevated look (pun intended). Our main reason for getting it was to have somewhere to store all our sons books as well as some of his toys. The top row would have doors for us to store things away out of reach and out of sight such as important letters or paints and scissors for our boy. Our son loves it just as much as we do because now he can reach to get books himself to read, has an overview of all his toys as well as his card and board games. The ... MoreThis was exactly the perfect size and heigh needed for our living room. I knew it would fit perfectly, but my husband had doubts at first. However, when he saw it built he had to give credit where credit was due. We both absolutely love this with the legs because it goes with the rest of our furniture and just gives an elevated look (pun intended). Our main reason for getting it was to have somewhere to store all our sons books as well as some of his toys. The top row would have doors for us to store things away out of reach and out of sight such as important letters or paints and scissors for our boy. Our son loves it just as much as we do because now he can reach to get books himself to read, has an overview of all his toys as well as his card and board games. The living room looks so much more tidy and it also made the living room look bigger and more spacious. Instructions were straight forward and easy as always although fitting the doors was a tad tricky.