Bush Business Furniture Key West 2 Drawer Lateral File Cabinet

Serves a purpose, lots of room for files and is a nice piece of furniture. It was easy to put together – my husband did it. It arrived as scheduled.

 First of all, this is engineered wood, not solid wood. The bottom of the drawers and the back of the cabinet are particle board. For the price, it is pretty enough, and functional. However, you cannot fit two rows of letter size folders front to back – you can have one front to back, with the others sideways (see video). You can move the center rail to accommodate legal size going front to back, and letter sideways. The actual inside dimensions are 22.5 inches long, 12 inches wide and 9.25 inches deep (inside). The drawer depth is less than the front panel depth. When I close the door, the mechanism that prevents both doors from being opened at the same time clicks, and if I stop pushing the cabinet in at that point, the door is flush with the sides, but sticks out at the top and bottom. You give it one more push and it is where it should be located. I tried showing this in the video, and two photos. The rails are plastic. One thing that concerns me is that the front door is attached to the drawer pieces with a plastic part – see photo of inside drawer corner. My father says plastic can be strong. Time will tell. The drawers do come with one stop for each drawer, to prevent them from coming all the way out. The drawers open easily, and the drawer sliders (rails) are all metal. They are greased, so I got some grease on me during assembly. Had to wash my hands several times to prevent grease from getting on the cabinet while I put on the drawer sliders. One pleasant surprise is that the unit comes with one furniture anchor (see photo with orange bag), that has one zip tie and a butterfly (?) bolt. Because it is engineered wood, one of the side front posts already is damaged. I have contacted the manufacturer for a replacement, which was sent quickly. I didn’t use glue where the dowels are placed (the instructions don’t say to use glue); therefore, I was able to take it apart again and replace the damaged front leg without having to remove the back; but I did have to take out both drawers. You must be very careful not to damage the wood while assembling the cabinet. The assembly instructions were pretty clear, and they have about 3 online YouTube videos to watch assembly of the cam and bolts. I am familiar with using this type of connections, so assembly was pretty straight forward. It lacks advice about keeping the slide rails straight, so I used a square (not included), and there is a little room for error here. If you keep the rails square, the drawers are pretty level when done. I used a level (not included) to get the front drawers into alignment- I only had to adjust the bottom drawer by about 1/8 or less inches on one side. You adjust by unscrewing the plastic part (see photo), moving the front panel slightly, and tightening the screws again. As for the color, I am disappointed. There is a photo of the color of the cabinet, but it’s actually darker than the photo shows. It has a lot of black, and is very dark. It’s not the color I wanted. The color I wanted is a more red- ish color. Overall, it’s nice enough for the price, and I will use it. It leaves me wanting a real all solid wood cabinet, one that is a different color – bright red Cherry and one that is longer, so you can have 2 rows of files front to back. From advice I have seen, people recommend that you do not paint engineered wood, because it can’t be sanded.

Je voulais une filière pour mes dossiers mais aussi un meuble qui rendrait hommage à l’architecture particulière de ma maison de ferme de 170 ans. Je suis très satisfaite de cet achat tant par son apparence que par sa fonctionnalité. Je craignais qu’il ne soit un peu fragile selon les commentaires que j’avais lu et effectivement, les fonds de tiroirs sont minces mais c’est une filière alors cela m’indiffère. Le reste est tout à fait honorable. J’ai l’ai assemblé seule, en 2 heures, en suivant le plan à la lettre.

I researched file cabinets for quite some time before I finally settled on this one. I am glad I did. My husband put it together (I’m so glad!). He said there was no issue, went together nicely. The finished product is very nice and great functionality. I would recommend this seller, and this product. Perfect for my home office!

Looks great in my home office. The color is perfect.

Loving it so far. Assembled on my own but followed the directions. Looks great in the living room and have just started the organization to file everything.arrived quickly.