Winsome Wood Drop-Leaf Kitchen Cart

It Gets 6 stars really
First of all, it’s actual wood, top to bottom. Really pretty. It came in a heavy flat package. It was carefully wrapped to not mar anything. 6 pictures showed the entire process, and it was really simple and fast. Well put together and quality handles and casters. The dropleaf hardware and such were already put together, so no complications there. It looks wonderful in the kitchen, rolls (and locks) nicely, the dropleaf is large enough to open and put a chair there and eat breakfast (I have a small kitchen). Very few things exceed your expectations, this one did.

Excellent!
When I looked at this, I thought, “pressboard.” … but, I was completely wrong!! It’s mostly solid beechwood, except for the 3 bottom panels that make up the closed cabinet at the bottom. Once assembled, it’s incredibly sturdy. I’ve been using this in the kitchen as a movable island for about a year and it’s quite perfect. The locking casters actually lock. The drawer and the doors to the cabinet are solid beechwood. No issues with sturdiness despite it being relocated almost daily. The leaves continue to work as designed, despite being a relatively unique design. Very happy with it – well worth the $$$.

Extra counter space
Love this item . Sold my house kept the cart ! LOL

Great little cart, easy to assemble
I am using it as a stand, without the wheels, fully open. NIce colour, a bit lighter than the photo. easy to assemble and fold either end.

This this is FREAKING AWESOME. I’m big into cooking, like, I loooooove cooking all the time and this cart made my life so much easier.The Short version:Almost perfect height for me! (5’9). It’s about an inch below my waist, so I just have to extend my arms slightly longer than what feels perfect. I don’t know/think if it’ll work for taller people to be honest. but for me, It’s almost perfect.Assembly was pretty easy with two, but you need two people or a lot of creativity with one. Nice and sturdy, awesome storage below. Locking wheels make sturdy prep and chopping. Lots of counter space when extended, compact for storage when folded.The long version:This cart literally changed my life. I’m in a 1 br apt, and I felt like the kitchen was cramped, this cart solved all of my issues. Now my microwave has a counter top, and this cart allows me to still prep and cook! I use the middle shelf for my cutting board and ramekins, and below I have 4 pots, a manual mandoline slicer, a freaking food processor (just the container not the whole thing) and there’s STILL MORE ROOM. The storage space in the bottom section baffles me with how much it can hold.The collapsible wings are AMAZING. I don’t quite know the limitations of it because it doesn’t say how much weight the wings can hold so I’ve gone conservative with what I’m putting on there. (literally the only down side but I’m still giving 5 stars because of how awesome this thing is.) this thing expands to a fantastic length that I use for mies en plas. (although I avoid raw meat prep on it because wood) Last night I was able to get all of my ingredients and a cutting board on this thing with both wings expanded, then folded it up and tucked it out of the way to make the most of my space. I have used this every day since I got it and I’m never going back.

I took off the side wings for my needs. I am using this to hold a bird cage and the dimensions of this worked perfectly for my needs. It was super easy to remove the leaves/wings….with unscrewing 3 screws from each side (the top and sides come pre-assembled in the box) . Nothing shows visually as it was hinged from the underside. Later if I ever need the wings, I can return them without any problems. I set this up myself and it took about 1.5 hrs. Directions were clear and assembly was straight forward. (I am a 60yr old female). Most of the pieces were marked and the few that were not….were pretty obvious from the included part-sheet what they were. Everything is SOLID, heavy wood…..except for the back and 2 side panels as well as the drawer bottom. Those are MDF veneered panels. My only real negative is that the panels I received don’t color match well with my cart…(see photos) but otherwise, I am very impressed with this purchase! I did contact customer service and they are trying to work w/me. You will not regret buying this….it is refreshing to see real wood being used in a product. I love the storage cabinets (they have nice magnetic closures), they lined up well and the drawer is a good practical size. The handles are also very nice quality. They didn’t skimp on the details and even included the little wooden pegs to tap into the screw holes. This will be a functional as well as beautiful piece in your home!UPDATE: After a handful of emails with the company (Winsome Wood) they did not have an option to send better color matching panels (she tried). They also had no ability to price adjust and suggested I contact Amazon directly. Amazon was willing to initiate a return….but frankly, I really do like the cart…I am .just disappointed in the poor color matching between the real wood and the MDF panels. Amazon stepped up and made an exception and was willing to give me a small credit for the defect. I reluctantly changed my 5* to 4* as this could be an important detail to you as well. In the meantime, Amazon gets a 5* for their customer service!