SauderPalladia Armoire, Vintage Oak finish

We have had several Sauder items over the years, and all have been terrific high quality furniture. This definitely did not disappoint! The finish is VERY lovely - just the rustic touch we wanted, and the color matches the room perfectly. And their assembly directions are spot-on. As mentioned by others, it's very important to follow the directions exactly in order, and not "fudge". My best hints: 1- we started by taking about 20 disposable cereal bowls and labeling them with each stock number for all the screws, bolts and small hardware items involved. This helped a lot, by keeping everything organized. 2 - definitely plan ahead for a trip to your local big box hardware store to get a metal set of rod holders! The supplied set is thin flimsy plastic and the rod is about 3/4 inch short. But the metal ones for $5 provide a full inch of sturdy metal on each side to take up the slack (and we also added a small piece of stryofoam to shim up the rod once installed - works great! And 3 - toward the end of the project, we added a small extra square of 2x4 under the front and back inside corners of the legs, to enable us to add plastic carpet slides, so we can easily preposition the cabinet as needed. Result: perfection!!! We're thrilled with this cabinet, and are still in awe of how lovely, and sturdy it is! The delivery by Amazon was spot-on, right in the time window they promised. We can only say thank you Sauder, and thank you Amazon!

Very nice armoire that perfectly fits everything that I was looking for, only knocking it one star because the oak rod that you hang clothes from was about 1/2" too short. The 7/8" rod would easily slip out of the hanging brackets when moved to the left or right. So I went to Lowe's and bought a replacement oak rod (got a 1" diameter so that it could support more weight than the 7/8") that I cut to the appropriate size and hung up. Now it's perfect, I just wish that the rod that it came with would've been cut to the correct length.

I like it. Good design, well thought out. Not difficult to assemble if you carefully follow the excellent instructions and illustrations. You do need to be able to deal with the heavy weight. And you need a large floor space for assembly. It needs to be nearly fully assembled laid down, not vertical and needs to be flipped over at one point so that is when floor space and the weight are an issue. And getting it vertical to finish assembly makes the weight again an issue. Gratefully, all the many predrilled holes aligned perfectly to mating parts. The hardware fit well and worked well. I assembled in 4 hours by myself, but there were some steps that would benefit from 2 person coordination. Moving the final heavy assembly into intended location is another weight challenge. I like the look of the finish which I would say looks like distressed, aged barn wood. The one fault I would say is the wood hanging rod is supported by two plastic cups attached by just one small screw. A week link. I reinforced the rod hanging method to strengthen it. The wood rod was also a little short requiring a fix.

Shipping was quick and was sufficiently packaged. Very heavy box. We had to open and bring in piece by piece. Discovered a broken piece. Went to sauder website and was able to order replacement for this piece at no charge & no shipping cost. Easy to follow directions. Sturdy enough. Small gap between doors (even after adjustment). Overall pleased with this purchase.

The material is very heavy, which makes you think it may be real wood, but it’s not. The description reads “recycled” wood, which is not to be confused with reclaimed wood… it’s more like MDF.Assembling it was a bit more complicated than Ikea furniture but not terrible. The trouble we had is that when placed on carpet (fully assembled), the doors would not align. After adjusting it over several days, we realized that the furniture itself was crooked. My husband leaned on it and it shifted over, making the doors align. When he released the pressure, it fell back out of alignment. This is not the result of shoddy assembly (my hubby is incredibly handy and skilled). It’s just a shoddy piece of furniture. In the end, we slid a thin board under one side of it and then it aligned - and the doors are now even. It’s not furniture that we will hand down to our grandchildren, that’s for sure, but for somewhere around a couple of hundred bucks, it’ll do. You get what you pay for. We’re using it as a cabinet to store archery stuff and liked the drawer for arrows, quivers, etc., so for that purpose, it works.

Love this! Pretty easy to put together as I did it myself, instructions were very clear. My only complaint is that the wooden hanging rod that it came with was too short?!?! WTF! But I purchased a heavy duty spring rod to take its place and it worked out great! This piece looks great, too! It's very sturdy and well made. Great purchase!

The assembly wasn't terrible, however many of the pre-drilled holes don't line up correctly so things don't get put together straight. The doors are impossible to adjust to the point where they have a nice even gap at the top and bottom and don't rub on anything. The overall quality is trash. The entire Armoire is flimsy and not to mention the bar and supports they supplied for you to hang your clothes from WILL NOT support much weight. The bar itself will bend with the slightest weight on it. Looks great in the pictures, but it's a POS in real life.

Is well made, fairly easy to assemble