Original Workbox Vanilla Bead Board Scrapbooking Storage Cabinet

I reorganized my hobby room and this Scrapbook Workbox is just perfect. It holds my notions, as well as my sewing and scrapbook tools. Everything I need is at my fingertips. I even have room for pending projects I store in the drawers. My son, his wife and grandson assembled the box. It was a work of love.

I actually did not buy my Dream Box on amazon. I bought it directly off the company's website. But they do not have any way to leave a new review on their website that I can find (even though their website shows over 1700 positive reviews), and they have not replied to my question about how/where to enter a review. So I am entering it here in hopes that anyone who is thinking of spending $3000+ on a piece of furniture will be doing a lot of research and will see this review. I bought the Dream Box (the largest, most expensive piece of furniture they sell) as well as the Dream Cart (smaller, more mobile item that fits together with the Dream Box table). I got them during the huge Black Friday sale, so the highly discounted price I paid was $3503. That's a lot of money, and for that amount of money, an item should be delivered appropriately, should have reasonable assembly instructions, should not be missing any parts, and should have some customer service to back it up if there are any questions or problems. Unfortunately, none of the above was true in my case.1) It took over a month for me to receive the item in the first place.2) The crate being delivered weighed over 800 pounds and the delivery person would only leave it at the curb and it was pouring down rain that day. I asked to have it brought up the driveway, onto the porch, or somewhere out of the rain. They refused. So I had to refuse delivery . Ultimately I was able to reschedule delivery on a day when it wasn't raining. Then I had to unpack the entire crate that day and bring all the items inside since it was left at the curb and it was supposed to rain again.3) I am not handy at assembling furniture at all so I hired a handy man who has done a great deal of work in my home and my relatives homes. He does carpentry and sheetrocking, so should be able to put together a piece of furniture. It took him 10 hours and he said the instructions were the most unclear and difficult to follow of any he has ever seen. And as he was trying to figure it all out, the assembly was complicated by the fact that there were 4 parts missing.4) There is no phone number where you can call this company. None listed on the website and none that I could find by searching the internet. You have to send an email and wait for a reply, I sent an email about the 4 missing parts, and got a response that they would send the parts to me. It took 3 additional weeks to receive the box with the missing parts.5) When I received the box, there was STILL A PART MISSING! So we STILL could not complete assembly. At this point, it was 3 months after I placed my initial order. And, again, no phone number - you have to send an email and wait for a reply then wait for things to be shipped.6) The furniture itself is overall good quality, but the shelving (which is the whole point of a giant piece of storage furniture) is held in place by small plastic pegs and is inherently unstable. When you pull out the "drawer" off that shelf, the whole shelf tips forward and if you're not careful, everything in the drawer spills. THis is disappointing in an item meant for storage and at this price point.Overall, I am not sure if I would purchase this item again. It was a huge investment of money and so far has not brought me any benefit, but has brought an incredible amount of frustration. I do think that when I finally receive all the parts, it will be very helpful - though the unstable shelving will always be a major, major flaw and will make it more difficult to use as well as less enjoyable to use.If you choose to invest $3500 with this company, be prepared for the significant headaches you will have in trying to get your furniture delivered and assembled, as well as how difficult it is to contact anyone at the company when you have a problem.I would say do not purchase this item at all, except for the fact that I have not been able to find anything else on the market that comes even close in terms of the amount of storage in the compact space.

In the end I really think I am going to love my work box. That being said, it is a huge piece of furniture. Be absolutely sure that you measure your space very, very carefully, I ended up having to readjust my whole art studio in order to allow the doors to be completely open. (although you do not have to open them all the way to use) I also live alone and ended up having to hire a local handy man to put it together. There seem to be hundreds of little pieces of wood and snaps and screws, etc, etc. Never would have been able to do it. The best thing was leaving the boxes in the middle of the living room, going to work, coming home to a finished work area.It is actually fun loading the containers. Wish the bottom area didn't have a center divider so it would accomadate larger items. But hey noting is perfect.All in all I really like it.

You can not explain the organization this item provides, a little hard to understand written instructions, thank goodness for video, but I LOVE IT.

Update after 2 years:This thing is absolutely garbage. Context: I have no problem spending a lot of money on furniture, quality construction. I'm also very handy, I know my way around the house and repairs. I can confidently say most people that purchase this will regret it.The bottom line is the MDF that this is made out of doesn't hold up over time, nor does the design of the unit. If you put any kind of weight into this thing - which, let's be honest, you will do if you use it like it is intended -- it will fall apart at the seams, literally. The company knows this is a problem and will send you new hardware to reinforce the parts that are falling apart. It's great that they do this, but it's a pretty sad situation for owners who spend a LOT of money on something that was really poorly designed.So, I can almost guarantee you will be disappointed if you think you are getting a high quality piece of furniture that will last for years. If my review has lowered your expectations, then, it's done it's job!>>>>I honestly think scrapbox deserves more stars than 1, but I think there are some major flaws in the home assembly process that in my mind are not acceptable for a piece of furniture at this price point.At some point I'll post pictures and try to give advice to future purchasers. For now, my advice would be to closely inquire with Scrapbox about assembly issues before purchasing. On 3/23/18 they sent an email out to all owners talking about assembly problems, which is both good and bad. Good because they are recognizing there is a problem and doing what they can to fix it. Bad because, well, until they fix it, anyone purchasing a Scrapbox may have these problems.In short, I would wait a couple of years.

I purchased this for art and scrapbooking supplies. I was pleased that the "vanilla" color was a creamy off white... But I think it still looks good if there are other "white" pieces of furniture in the same room. There was some damage to one of the panels, and a few of the Velcro bags were somehow sewn inside out. I didn't contact the company, though. It's a great piece, adjustable shelving, looks nice, and will take a long time to assemble! Overall, I'm pleased and excited about it.