Bush Home 2 Drawer Lateral File Cabinet, Letter and Legal-Size Document Storage for Home or Professional Office, Somerset Collection, Fresh Walnut

Great final product. Very sturdy. Requires assembly skill which I’m used to doing. I took me 4 hours but I put it together in sections. No lock on drawer. Surprised that feed are made of plastic but not flimsy. Solid product. Saved a lot of money by not purchasing from an office supply store. I recommend it for the skilled assembler.

I purchased this to help increase my desk storage and also desk length. I was looking for a sit to stand desk and it was shorter than my previous desk with less storage, so this has helped accomplish both of the items I was looking for. It is a beautiful color (chose light gray), the hardware is solid and nice looking, and it is the same height as the desk. The quality is that of my previous Bush desk which has lasted 8 years of fully remote work, and has survived two moves, and 3 instances of being taken apart and rebuilt. Assembly time was about 40 minutes. Drawers came a small bit of struggle but glide smoothly and are even. The bottom rod helps make it sturdy and able to accommodate many papers and files. So far I am happy with this addition to my desk and office.

This cabinet is made of particle board and is heavy. It was easy to put together and seems sturdy. I have it almost full with files. The drawers slide smoothly and it looks great. The only down side was the packing. The Styrofoam drove me crazy! Little white balls all over. If you get this item, unpack it outside or in your garage first. Have a vacuum ready.

I researched extensively to find a couple of matching desks for a home office. The biggest issue I had with the desks is trying to find out that was a reasonable price but wasn't ridiculously cheap. I have found (with 2-3 other "cheap" desks) that you tend to get what you pay for. You sometimes even still get poor quality when you pay a great deal. As such, I was nervous to buy this desk but I have generally had great luck following reviews on Amazon to buy products so I decided to try it. We decided to buy this matching file cabinet to go with the desks. Thoughts: 1. I love the desk! Forgive the poor quality pictures (it's not a ringing endorsement of the ipad's camera) but I hope you can see how nice they look. They were much better lookin that I felt the promotion picture showed. 2. I love that they are on feet! I honestly didn't even think about it when I bought the desks but the ability to reach outlets behind the desk, sneak cords underneath to the surge protector/plug in other electronics, not cover up the heating duct has been a huge plus to this collection! The feet have 8 screws in each of them so they are extremely sturdy as well. 3. The drawers were deeper than I expected. My parents gave us a home-made file cabinet that was considerably wider than this. I was worried that I wouldn't be able to fit as much in the cabinet. I was pleasantly surprised to find that I was actually able to put everything in 1 drawer that I was able to fit in about 3/4 of the bottom drawer of the old one. I also loved that they were deeper than I expected. I use the top drawer as a catch-all for office equipment and was amazed at how much I was able to pile up and put in there. 4. I like that it is the exact same height as the desk you can put it at the end as a sort of desk extender. There have been times that I have needed to work from home and have needed the extra space! Con: 1. The wood laminate is thinner than I would have hoped. Again, all desks (even relatively expensive desks) seem to have this issue but I was hoping for more. I found that it was easily remidied by getting a furniture marker in a matching color, but I had hoped for more. Overall, I love the cabinet and the desks!

This piece is made exceptionally well. I say this because I've purchased other pieces for my studio and I am disappointed with how the drawers open and close. THIS LATERAL FILE has sliders for the drawers, which come out and close easily. What a difference from the less expensive furniture. It is sturdy, nice looking and feels like it will hold my many, many, many files and odds and ends to store. I'm very satisfied with this purchase.

Since 2020 I began to migrate more and more to working from home, and being a professional executive I had the position and ability to do so. I finally decided to invest in a whole new home office, and despite my wife’s proclivity for IKEA I dismissed it for Bush, and am I ever glad I did! The quality of this furniture is so superior to the blue-and-yellow; the panels are all are very thick and heavy, and unlike IKEA there were zero manufacturing defects I had to jerry rig to put it together, despite the number of pieces I ordered all at once (full L desk, hutch and a lateral filing cabinet). The only “glitch” was actually a packing error: on the lateral file the package contained two lefts sides and no right side. They were even labeled correctly, so someone didn’t pay attention and added two “C” panels and no “B.” One quick call to Bush’s tollfree number and the super-friendly agent took care of it and had a brand new “B” on the way, which arrived much earlier than his estimate. Other than that small item, everything was in great shape and went together smoothly. The instructions were very clear and easy to follow, and there was no confusion or issue identifying parts. One step I skipped was the hutch came with a panel to fill in the gap between it and the desk, and as you can see, I skipped that entirely. I prefer the more open feel it has this way, and as part of my office upgrade I painted the entire room too and love the color, so would rather see it in that spot. Probably the only other thing I can come up with that isn’t gushing praise would be that I wish Bush would review the packing foam they use. I guess it works well since nothing was damaged, but it’s that lightweight foam that breaks apart easily and is very staticky, so it leaves little bits everywhere that you had to wipe off every piece and vacuum like crazy afterwards.