Ameriwood Home Aaron Lane Bookcase with Sliding Glass Doors, Red

Awesome Bookcase or Display Case
This is an awesome display case for my Lego models and diecast metal car models. The only thing that the maker needs to be more careful of the wheels for the doors, because they had stripped out 1 of the screws that adjusts the wheels. Other than that the bookcase or Display case came in perfect condition. The colour that I had purchased is the red one. It can barely fit the Lego Expert build Batmobile and you get 4 selves, 1 hidden and 3 that you can see through the glass-wooden sliding doors. I own a red and a blue one and I love the red one a bit more since red is my favorite colour.

Smaller Than Expected
Although I looked at the measurements before purchasing the cabinet, I found the cabinet to be much smaller than expected. The cabinet is square, but the doors do not close properly. The materials are cheap and not worth the price of what the cabinet costs. I returned it for a refund.

For the type of product this is, this bookcase is perfect. It’s easy to assemble (I did it, myself, without help) and it looks lovely when finished (see photo included). One of the sliding doors arrived damaged (the top edge of the door was bent, and as that is how it slides along the top, the door doesn’t slide at all once put in, and one of the wheels on the bottom doesn’t function properly), but the customer care team for this company is quick and efficient and is sending me out a new door for it, free of charge and without any hassles. It was literally a five-minute phone call, and the person on the other end was very polite and helpful. Overall, I am very satisfied with the product and with the high-quality customer service of this company. Soon, I will have my replacement door, and then it truly WILL be perfect.Although I decided against using them, this product comes with wall anchors to keep it from tipping forward. I suppose that on thick carpet, something like that might be necessary, but I have low pile carpet, and it stands very stable on my floor. Still, I was impressed that they were included, just in case you might feel that it doesn’t stand as stable as you’d like. The materials used for this are sturdy, but certainly not the highest quality you can find anywhere (the shelves are particle-board, and the door wood is soft and should be treated with care and not banged around – being that the doors contain glass panes, I would expect that people wouldn’t be banging them around anyway) – but then, what do you expect for $157.00? If it were a $500 or $800 bookcase, I might expect higher quality materials, but the materials for this product are of the value the item costs. I am well-satisfied. It looks lovely in my home, and it will last, and those are the two things that matter to me.If you look at the photo, at the moment, I have a painting in the bottom shelf and the middle shelf doesn’t have a lot of books on it yet. I will be transferring over books from my over-full bedroom bookshelf into this one very soon, though.

I purchased two of these to display my oddities collection, and I needed something with glass doors so my cats don’t get to my items. The cabinets are fairly simple and straightforward to assemble. From start to finish, they took me less than an hour to assemble. Once built, they look much higher quality than they are, and are fairly sturdy. There are a few downsides, however. The first is that on each cabinets, I had a defective cam lock and a couple of barrel nuts that were defective (tip: test that the screws go into the barrel nuts easily before butting the barrel nuts in the holes and screwing them together. They are hard to get out of the holes once in- it will save you time and frustration) I contacted the company and they send additional hardware within a few days, and I was able to complete assembly. Between my 3 sets of hardware (the two that came with my two cabinets and the replacement sent by the company) I had 4 barrel nuts that the threading was off on, not allowing the screw to go in all the way) The metal of the hardware seems rather cheap and maliable, which may contribute to the problem. Additionally, having the adjustable shelves is kind of pointless, because if you don’t put the shelves to run parallel to the panes of the glass, it looks stupid. The final complaint is that the doors slide slightly TOO well on the tracks that they don’t close completely unless you close them very gingerly. This was easily fixed by adding cabinet door bumpers on the inside to add a little grip. With all of that being said, now that received my replacement parts and have them assembled, I absolutely love them. They look really nice, and we’re exactly what I wanted. If the company had slightly higher quality hardware or sent a few extra of each with the assembly kit, I would give 5 stars.

If the price point were lower, I might give Altra Aaron Lane’s Bookcase more stars, but at it stands, I think it could be better for the price. It shipped quickly and was packaged well. Assembly instructions weren’t too obscure though some details were left for me to figure out. That said, assembly took about an hour but wasn’t as bad as some furniture items I’ve done in the past.At a glance, it looks like a very nice piece of furniture. And it is, but it could be better. While stabile, it is a little top-heavy and can rock back and forth slightly on the feet. If there were very young children in our house, I would make use of the wall attachments that are included, but feel confident enough that it won’t tip over unless intentionally pushed. The elements (frame, doors, shelves) look to be of good quality. There are 3 shelves at set heights for a total of 4 storage spaces within. The bottom are is not visible thanks to the wooden panels. The doors slide well but have a black track that stands out against the white finish. I would modify that in the future if I were the manufacturer. The inset handle for the rear door is not accessible when the door is slid all of the way open, so you have to grasp it from the back. The shelf depth seems a bit shallow as well, but the size is what it is. We’re not using it for books so the onus falls on us. That said, you are limited as to how big the books you put in this shelf can be by the fixed height of the shelves and shallow depth.All in all, this is a nice addition to our decor and fill a need. I feel the design could have benefited from a little more refinement however.~ Kort