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ESSEX LATERAL FILE CABINET
Redecorate Your Office with an Elegant File Cabinet Keep your important papers organized with the elegant Essex Lateral File Cabinet. This home office furniture features a stylish design so that it can easily blend with a variety of decorating schemes. With a durable construction, this file cabinet has long-lasting quality. Buy yours now. Includes stylish details like column accents, decorative feet and raised panels. Durably crafted of solid wood with cherry veneer. Hand-sanded and hand-glazed for a lustrous, smooth surface. File drawers easily adjust to hold letter- and legal-size papers.
Average Customer Rating:
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Rating Snapshot (31 reviews)
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24 of 31(77%)reviewers would recommend this product to a friend.
Customer Reviews for ESSEX LATERAL FILE CABINET
Review 1 for ESSEX LATERAL FILE CABINET
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RetiredLady25
Lateral File Cabinet
Date:July 12, 2012
"We received our file cabinet in 6 days. Like other people have said, the arrow for the side panel is facing the wrong way. You would think they would learn since sooooo many people have written about this problem. Other than that issue, the cabinet is functional and looks very nice in our home office/den."
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Review 2 for ESSEX LATERAL FILE CABINET
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LittleOB
Location:Wilton, Ct
Age:50-59
Gender:male
I have owned this product for:a week
Date:July 5, 2012
"Good looking piece.
Hard to assembly, Knob didn't fit and there was a piece that holes were not preset."
Hard to assembly, Knob didn't fit and there was a piece that holes were not preset."
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Review 3 for ESSEX LATERAL FILE CABINET
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JLevy
UGH!
Date:July 4, 2012
"My husband and I ordered this filing cabinet mainly because it looked like it would blend in with our furniture quite well. When the box arrived, it was smashed up. We took all the pieces out. One of the outside boards was smashed. I called and they said they would send a replacement. We went ahead and started to put it together without the board, but some of the metal pieces started to break in two. Again we called the customers service and they said they would send the replacement pieces. Two weeks later, we had all parts. Again we started to piece the cabinet together. Some of the predrilled side holes were not lined up correctly, so my husband had to redrill holes. The whole process has been a pain. It looks nice, but the drawers do not move very smoothly and I have a feeling we are going to have to use the mounts to the wall so it will not tip...even with the small amount of files we have put in there."
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Review 4 for ESSEX LATERAL FILE CABINET
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Steph310
Date:May 15, 2012
"This filing cabinet is great. It matches my existing office furniture perfectly."
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Review 5 for ESSEX LATERAL FILE CABINET
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SmartShopper01
Expected better especially for the price.
Date:May 3, 2012
"I expected a much better product. All the pieces went together fine until we went to put the drawers in the cabinet. We found that the drawer glides were bent on the bottom drawer and we could not even get it in. My husband had to spend over an hour trying to fix them. Fortunately, he is very handy, otherwise we would have had to either dismantle and return the entire unit or replace the parts to get it to work. Also, the top drawer rubs so badly that you have to slam it to close it. What a pain!!!"
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Review 6 for ESSEX LATERAL FILE CABINET
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Westsider
Location:New York, NY
Age:60-69
Gender:female
I have owned this product for:a month
Date:March 19, 2012
"Very good value for a sturdy and nice looking file cabinet. Looks right at home in my living room."
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Review 7 for ESSEX LATERAL FILE CABINET
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diypro
Great looks, Bad hardware
Date:March 15, 2012
"It was very difficult to close the locking cams because the holes were drilled too deep and the cam didn't fit. Next time I would put a washer under the cam. After finally finishing the cabinet, I couldn't get one drawer to go in. The culprit was a mashed ball bearing in the slider on the cabinet. We have done this many times before and this was a problem I have never encountered. I am still having problems with one drawer, I think I should get a replacement slider."
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Review 8 for ESSEX LATERAL FILE CABINET
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lawofficesb
Location:Santa Barbara, CA
Age:50-59
Gender:male
I have owned this product for:a week
A fair item
Date:March 7, 2012
"Moderately easy to assemble. The packaging was horrible, with deteriorating foam that left a HUGE mess. Some pieces were stuck to the foam, fortunately they were out of sight as the foam could not easily be cleaned off. Really folks, RTA furniture is not much of a value as the labor to assemble is foisted on the consumer. A good value only if assembled. Bad cam locks."
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Review 9 for ESSEX LATERAL FILE CABINET
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FilingSystem1
Location:Corpus Christi, TX
Age:50-59
Gender:female
I have owned this product for:a week
Beautiful piece of furniture
Date:February 6, 2012
"Very nice workmanship took 2 people to assemble"
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Review 10 for ESSEX LATERAL FILE CABINET
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pjej
Location:Peoria, IL
Age:50-59
Gender:female
I have owned this product for:a month
love the look
Date:January 27, 2012
"This filing cabinet is my first purchase from Home Decorators Collection and it was a good choice.
My husband might say otherwise, he doesn't like to assemble things, but he and my son had a bonding session and seemed to have a fairly good experience putting it together.
The only issue I have is that the top drawer right knob doesn't appear to be the correct size so we've had to improvise. For the price, I shouldn't have to improvie so I'm hoping Home Collector's will come through for me and send me the proper hardware to make this a great deal."
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Review 11 for ESSEX LATERAL FILE CABINET
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damoyer
Location:Lebanon, PA
Age:50-59
Gender:male
I have owned this product for:a month
Beautiful, but directions rot
Date:January 17, 2012
"This item is very well made. Had a real hard time with the instructions. You really need to check it. I am great at building stuff. But i still have one of the front pieces in wrong, the finished side isn't facing front. But i'm not taking it apart to fix it. Otherwise I think its a great piece of furniture."
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Review 12 for ESSEX LATERAL FILE CABINET
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pamelaann
file cabinet
Date:January 17, 2012
"the wood was damaged and flawed and the file extenders did not fit, we had to saw them to make them fit."
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Review 13 for ESSEX LATERAL FILE CABINET
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karandy
Hardware is junk
Date:January 2, 2012
"This file was purchased on 10/30. At that time, it was understood that it would not ship until 12/15. That was not good but it looked like a quality piece that would be worth the wait. While checking on another piece in the same order which needed broken pieces replaced, I noted that the shipping date would now be 12/31. No notification was sent. The file shipped on 12/21 to my delight.
The wood pieces are beautiful. Quality of holes drilled is awful. Cam lock holes vary in depth and diameter. Cam screw holes vary in threading and do not allow for solid stop when inserting can screws.
Cam locks are absolute junk. After breaking one, we measured every cam screw to make certain it was screwed in to exactly the length required. This is not noted in the directions.
Now that the first four cam locks have broken, we gave up. We do not want more cam locks. They will simply be more junk. We will need to make certain all cam lock holes are bored to the proper depth.
Fpr the money spent, one should be able to expect higher quality."
The wood pieces are beautiful. Quality of holes drilled is awful. Cam lock holes vary in depth and diameter. Cam screw holes vary in threading and do not allow for solid stop when inserting can screws.
Cam locks are absolute junk. After breaking one, we measured every cam screw to make certain it was screwed in to exactly the length required. This is not noted in the directions.
Now that the first four cam locks have broken, we gave up. We do not want more cam locks. They will simply be more junk. We will need to make certain all cam lock holes are bored to the proper depth.
Fpr the money spent, one should be able to expect higher quality."
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Review 14 for ESSEX LATERAL FILE CABINET
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golfball13
Location:Oklahoma City
Age:Over 70
Gender:male
I have owned this product for:about 6 months
Nice looking
Date:November 29, 2011
"Nice looking with plenty of storage space, handles both standard and legal size files. Had to re-align the glides on 1 drawer."
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Review 15 for ESSEX LATERAL FILE CABINET
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LAnnG
Location:Maryland
Age:40-49
Gender:female
I have owned this product for:about 6 months
Second one I've bought...
Date:November 7, 2011
"I assembled the first unit with only minor problems, but it took several hours. I"ved hired a guy to put the second one together!...but even with an assembly charge, I think this furniture is a quality product! Just wish it were made in the USA..."
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Review 16 for ESSEX LATERAL FILE CABINET
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Embego
Age:50-59
I have owned this product for:a month
Wood File Cabinet
Date:October 9, 2011
"Solid piece of furniture. Previous reviews stated the assembly was difficult and instructions were incorrect - they were accurate. A simple correction to the assembly instructions would have fixed this frustration. Otherwise I recommend this product and the appearance improves the look of my office."
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Review 17 for ESSEX LATERAL FILE CABINET
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mudflower
Location:Houston, TX
Age:60-69
I have owned this product for:a week
mudflower
Date:October 5, 2011
"Nice looking piece. A bit complicated to put together ... it took two of us to be sure we had pieces in the corret place"
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Review 18 for ESSEX LATERAL FILE CABINET
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CAsmartshopper
Nice file cabinet
Date:October 4, 2011
"The cabinet met my expectations and looks like the picture. I had some concerns when it was first delivered because the box was so beat up, but it was in great condition. It took my hubby about an hour to put it together."
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Review 19 for ESSEX LATERAL FILE CABINET
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TexasDeb
Location:Texas
Age:50-59
Gender:female
I have owned this product for:a month
Great purchase
Date:October 2, 2011
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"This file cabinet is a beautiful piece of furniture. It was a little hard to put together but most furniture pieces are if they are of any quality. The only con I have is the shipping. Make sure you are home to receive it or shipping will leave it in driveway. They left mine in driveway in the low area where water runs across driveway. It rained. Luckily the packing is awesome and the furniture was not damaged. Would highly recommend this product."
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Review 20 for ESSEX LATERAL FILE CABINET
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breezydays
Simple & Easy
Date:September 30, 2011
"Not a problem to put together. A very nice piece in my livingroom/office area. I recommend."
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