Royce Polar White 79.25" Hall Tree

This is a great looking design, however the unbelievable Formaldehyde smell and off-gassing that this unit put out made me have to return it. I got sick the evening after I put it together - nausea, headaches. My whole family didn't even want to be in the same side of the house as this unit. There is some series chemicals in this unit, which for me raises some red flags as far as health concerns go.

This piece is exactly what I needed to store my coats, hats, gloves, dog leashes, backpacks, shoes, sunglasses, dog meds and supplies, flashlights, etc! I put this together myself (my husband helped hold the backing on for me to nail it) in a day. Before this piece of furniture, we used to have a long table with three tiny drawers, coat rack with a dozen jackets and hanging leashes, backpacks on the floor, etc. Now, we have one, sleek, contained, attractive piece of furniture for our outdoor gear! I would recommend two people for assembly...there is some balancing of vertical and horizontal pieces that's challenging to handle as one person. This unit IS off-white, but matches our surroundings fine. It's a sturdy unit with lots of storage to consolidate everything in one attractive space. There's a 'new furniture' smell, but it dissipates. I found myself peeking at the new assembled piece often for about a week; I LOVE IT! The shelves are all adjustable in the cupboards, but the two side cupboards are divided inside with a permanent shelf...you can't really store a mop or broom in there. There are six large boxes and a LOT of styrofoam and cardboard packaging to dispose of after all is unpacked. The cardboard can be recycled, but the styrofoam...no. :( I had to store the styrofoam and cardboard in our greenhouse until garbage day. Luckily our garbage people took everything that I had to set outside the cans for collection.

Beware! This product has 2 versions (sets of pieces, assembly instructions) that should result in the same endpoint, but are each assembled in a very different way (many of the pieces are even very different in the way they look, where holes are drilled, if/where cam locks are present, etc). We were sent a mixture of pieces from the 2 different versions, plus we are missing pieces, such that there is no way that we can assemble this item. Here are links to the instructions for the 2 different versions (note that the assembly process and pieces are quite different, but the end result is supposed to be the same): http://www.homedepot.com/catalog/pdfImages/06/0659e279-ab1c-4251-b582-0165b3a1f375.pdf http://www.homedepot.com/catalog/pdfImages/47/47876af4-3115-41d2-bad4-06cfeeba6c89.pdf Just called customer service, and we were told to call back on Tuesday because the vendor is not available now. We are very frustrated about the mixture of parts that we were sent that cannot be assembled. If the vendor were going to change their construction of the pieces and assembly process, then they need to ensure that they are not shipping out a mish mash of pieces from both sets of instructions. I've included a photo showing the first page of the parts list from each version- many of the pieces are very different.

This Royce Hall Tree is superb. My son and husband put it together easily. It did come well packaged with lots of cardboard and foam. Even though the cardboard boxes were a bit torn and dirty, the furniture pieces inside were pristine! Not a scratch or dent on them. We recycled the foam through our local postal pack and ship store. They were happy to receive the clean abundance of packing material. The flattened cardboard was easy to recycle too. We have had it a month and it's perfect in our mudroom because it keeps the place looking clear, clean and organized. I think it is the greatest because its well priced, sturdy and a quality, solid wooden furniture piece.

This is a beautiful piece - we actually bought 2 because our mudroom is a good size and we needed the storage. Directions were very good but it did take some time. We removed the shelves and added more hooks in the lower cabinets. My husband and I are thrilled with the way this worked and for the price, you really can't go wrong for upgrading an entryway space.

Beautiful piece of furniture for a mud room. Downside, the color is not White, it looks more like a light gray, so I painted white with a cabinet paint from Home Depot (Behr Alkyd Semi-Gloss Enamel). In addition, I changed the metal handles and knobs to a bronze color and now has the farm look that I want. The upper doors didn’t fit perfectly, I noticed that the pre holes were out of place. Overall I’m very satisfy.

This product came in 6 large boxes that had some damage. To our surprise the packaging was so good there was no damage at all. The color is more of an off white than a pure white. It is time consuming taking the parts out of the box as well as assembling them but well worth the time. We needed to take an inch off the top molding on each side. One review said they cut the molding. To our surprise the molding is built into the upper piece, but we were able to cut it to fit. We have one fastener that was manufactured wrong but haven't contacted company yet. Really love it and have gotten several complements.

Turned out just as expected. Took me 2 hours to put together. Good quality construction and very easy to put together.

Great quality!!! Solid. Easy to put together. I had a narrow hallway to use to organize all the kids school supplies, crafts, etc. there is so much space in this halltree. I’m very happy with the purchase, well worth the money. The kids run in from school and hang their coats and bookbags up so they aren’t just thrown on the floor or hanging on the back of the kitchen chairs. This is exactly what I needed.

As described Instructions were good Happy with results.