Don't buy! Two separate pieces of furniture.AlyssaWe have bought a lot of Ikea furniture and usually are very happy with the quality. However, the Besta is the worst piece of furniture we have ever bought from Ikea. This is not one piece of furniture as Ikea has pictured. The photos of the Besta are misleading. It is two separate pieces of furniture which sit next to each other and are not actually connected. The top is not one smooth board - it's two pieces. Beware if you put this on hard floor. The smaller cabinet will slide away when you open cabinets and drawers, so it stands out like a sore thumb that the furniture is separated. I would return if we had a vehicle large enough to take it back to the store. It was also difficult to put together as the directions are for the separate pieces and not for the whole thing. It is not sturdy like other Ikea furniture we have purchased. Very disappointed. Avoid my mistake by reading all the reviews before you buy.1
Not as picturedMichelleI ordered the white oak besta combination and the website is misleading because its much darker than pictured. There is also a seam in the top as it's actually 2 separate units. I would not recommend this product and plan on returning it. 2
HORRIBLETeresaThere is nothing redeeming about this product. The assembly instructions are a nightmare, pieces were missing and if you don't drink when you start you definitely will by the time you're done. The cabinet is in multiple pieces (not one like shown in the product description on the website), each piece comes with its own instruction book and some pieces are included in multiple instruction books. None of the books show you how to tie the 3rd cabinet into the assembly AND if you purchased the option with doors and drawers good luck with figuring out how to make it one cabinet. There is an engineer in my house and even he said the instructions make no sense. If I hadn't paid so much for this I would have trashed it and called it a lesson learned. I will NEVER buy another piece from IKEA. If there was an option for negative stars that's how I would have rated.1
Nice Storage SystemKathrynThis very nicely cleans up all the miscellaneous items in our office.5
Drawers are a painCynthiaAssembled the cabinet today- it was fairly easy at first until we got to the drawers. They don’t line up and you can’t close one without pushing or forcing over the other. It is so annoying. Also, it doesn’t have predrilled holes for the support legs. Do yourself a favor and get the actual legs instead and possibly all cabinet doors instead of drawers.2
Looks good, but difficult to assembleAnneThis sideboard looks great, but is a nightmare to put together. An enormous amount of boxes with instructions that were lacking. I have put together several fairly complex pieces of IKEA furniture by now and usually have fun doing it because I am intrigued by the ingenuity of it all - it sort of feels like I am playing with Lego. But this Besta piece was not fun. Frustrating.2
Too many boxesBlancaI had been eying this pier for a while. A
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Sold out. Couple weeks back I saw it was back in stock! I immediately ordered it.
Once I received it I noticed it was 18 boxes for one unit. And the bits are not attached. It’s so overwhelming not sure what box to open first! It’s still in boxes almost a month later.2
Great simple look to it.MichelleGreat simple look to it.5
Easy to AssembleAnonymousJust finished assembling this myself 2 days ago. I've assembled furniture several times before so this was not difficult for me. It looks nice and modern but I was surprised at how cheap the material was. You will have to adjust the latches on the doors until you get them to hang evenly but the illustrations on the hardware package show you how. .3
