Double Door Kitchen Cart
Double Door Kitchen Cart Review: 
What an awesome product! Heavy-duty and sturdy, you’d never know it was an “assemble-at-home” item. It’s a quality piece of furniture. It’s on wheels, which is a good thing because it is surprisingly heavy. Let’s start at the top: The butcher block top. It’s three inches thick and, as such, it is the heaviest part of the entire kitchen cart. It is made of fine, high-quality Asian hardwoods. The finish is oiled and the manufacturer recommends seasoning it regularly with mineral oil.
The next is the cart itself. Immediately under the butcher block top, there is a 2″ deep drawer. It’s large and deep enough to accommodate a standard utensil holder or other items of your choice. The pull handle on the drawer is fashioned out of brushed chrome. Beneath the drawer, there is a shelf. Surrounding the shelf on three sides are brushed chrome rods, adding a modern look. Matching the brushed chrome are three hooks on the right side of the cart, perfect for hanging larger utensils or pot holders.
Below the shelf is a cabinet with two doors. The pull handles for the doors also have a brushed chrome finish. The cabinet is large enough to hold an entire set of dinnerware.
Finally, heavy-duty, professional grade caster wheels support the whole thing. The two in the front are locking. To prevent stubbed toes, the wheels can easily be rotated and tucked under the unit.
The easy to follow directions for assembly (which are diagrammed and in English) call only for a Philips screwdriver. A hex wrench is included for the 18 hex bolts. I used an electric screwdriver for both the Philips screws (14 in all) and the hex bolts (after I found the right sized hex tip for my screwdriver).
I can happily report that all pieces fit together easily (no struggling to match up this piece with that piece) and all holes are pre-drilled. The drawer requires assembly also. The runners for the drawer are already attached! You must put together the front, sides and back of the drawer with screws (again, all holes are pre-drilled).
A word of advice regarding assembling the drawer: Follow the directions where it says to put the screws in only halfway before trying to attach the bottom of the drawer. I made the mistake of tightening the screws too much and had trouble sliding the bottom into the assembled front, back and sides. It’s a snug fit. Once I loosened the screws enough, the bottom easily popped into place and I was able to sock it in securely by tightening the screws.
I have only one other thing to mention regarding the assembly of the entire cart: Once the body of the cart is assembled and the unit is standing upright, you must lift the butcher block and set it down on the top of the cart. At this point, you have already placed four cam lock screws on the top of the cart and they’re pointing upward. These screws will fit into four pre-drilled holes on the bottom of the butcher block. You must align the screws on the cart with the holes on the butcher block as you place the butcher block on top of the cart. Because the butcher block is so heavy, you may want to have help.
But what a reward it was to see the unit fully assembled and then to marvel at what a quality piece of furniture it ended up being. IKEA sells a similar item for twice the money. I give the Home Styles Double Door Kitchen Cart with Butcher Block Top 5 stars because of the beauty of the product and its better-than-a-bargain price.
Double Door Kitchen Cart Review: The kitchen cart was missing pieces, which the manufaturer took 9 days to ship to me. Then when they arrived one was defective, as in I had to bust out a hand saw to fix it. Another problem was that the packaging material stuck to the kitchen cart and was pain to remove. Also, the stickers denoting the pieces stuck to the cart to well, there are stickers that use modern adhesive technology and do NOT require 20 minutes of elbow grease to remove. Lastly the gap between the drawers of the lower cabinet is twice the size of what the picture shows and the top drawer does not close in a flush manner.
Double Door Kitchen Cart Description: The Double Door Butcher Block Cart adds valuable work space to your food prep area. The top of this kitchen cart is constructed of a solid end grain hardwood in Natural finish, for use as a chopping block. The base of this cart is constructed of hardwood with a Natural wood finish. Its top is made of a 3 inch thick butcher block that is perfect for chopping up vegetables and meat. This kitchen cart features 2 raised panel doors with storage on the bottom and an open storage in the center. In addition, this cart features 3 heavy duty utility hooks for utensils or pot/pan storage. This cart also offers a knife block and a utility drawer. This cart is equipped with heavy duty locking rubber casters, so you can easily move it from the kitchen to the dining room.
Double Door Kitchen Cart Review: We live in a small apartment and needed the extra countertop/storage space that a kitchen cart/island would provide. This cart arrived exceptionally fast, was fairly simple to assemble, looks great, and is Excellent quality. Worth every penny we paid for it and will last a very very very long time. Highly recommended.
Double Door Kitchen Cart Review: I received the cart within 3 days. It was easy to put together, and I was pleasantly surprised as to the quality of the cart. The butcher block top is great. The drawer opens and closes smoothly, and the doors line up on the bottom! I would highly recommend this product.
Price: $437.57
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