Casual Home Wooden Large Pet Crate, End Table, White 36.50" x 24.00" x 29.25"

This is a product of Thailand it has the beautiful finish that you would expect from a quality piece of furniture. I will talk about three things: 1. Style 2. Construction 3. Practicality.1. Style: this product get an A++ for style. I love the finish but the fact that they are tall enough to be used as a Buffet table or credenza was kind of nice. It has a big top on the very top and I use it to display pictures and Knick knacks. I am currently using one of them as a sofa table. It gives me and my guests another area to put stuff down on.2. Construction - construction was a breeze. Unlike their Chinese counterparts the directions were easy to read and follow along. I’m glad I followed the step by step directions. All the hardware seemed sturdy and strong. None of the bolts or acres stripped out and I used hand tools and power tools but cautiously. Over tightening is a bad thing too! All in all it took me about 30 minutes to Adele l - not bad.3. Practicality - I have a chocolate lab that weighs 85 lbs and the xl kennel had plenty of room. Plus he had lots of headroom to stand up and move around. The only thing left is finding a memory foam pad for him and he will love it. The two large doors on the kennel were another factor. Easy entrance and egress. I also like the wooden slats design. It keeps him safe but allows him to see around him. The only thing I didn’t agree with was that they touted to be end table height, which actually they were sofa table height which I liked better. Not to mention the different color choices.Great product and great price point!

This crate is a great value. It looks exactly as shown in the pictures online, goes together very easily, the instructions and hardware were all without issue. The crate is mostly real wood (other than the 1/4" ply or mdf panels along the bottom), probably pine or rubberwood as it is made in Thailand. I didn't notice any flaws in the stain / poly coating.If you have a dog that is not crate trained and relaxed don't get it. It isn't poorly made, it isn't a doggy jail though. If a dog really wants out, they will get out. If you have concerns about this, get a standard metal mesh crate and use that, until your dog is good with it. If you use your crate to kennel the dog any time you aren't home, this is the wrong crate for your use.I was initially going to build a custom crate and stain it to match our furniture. I was looking around at lots of furniture style crates online when I came across this one. The stain was very close to the rest of our bedroom set, it was real wood, and the price $205 with tax and free delivery. That was worth the role of the dice to see if it was decent. I'd have spent more than 200 bucks easily in wood, glue, fasteners, and stain / poly to make a similar crate. The one I'd made might have been more sturdy and 100% matched the stain of our bedroom furniture. This crate was a 95% match though, saved me a bit of money, and probably a full day plus of work to build and finish a custom crate.I'm happy I bought this crate. It is a great product at an excellent price point. My 85lb Rhodesian Ridgeback is enjoying it and that makes me happy.

Update: despite the fact that my dog is crate trained and does like the crate, someone came to visit that he was excited to see and he literally just busted right through the doors. Whereas the whole crate is vulnerable to a chewer and OK for a crate-happy dog, the doors are definitely an issue. They are simply NOT strong. He now knows he can use his weight on the doors any time he does want to get out. We are considering some stronger hinges and bolts to see if that makes the doors less vulnerable, but as designed they are not going to contain any dog that seriously wants out.If you have a dog that gets distressed in the crate or is a chewer, this absolutely WILL NOT WORK. It does look good (very good in fact) but is NOT sturdy and a determined dog would make short work of busting out of it.That said, I got the XL for my flatcoated retriever (80 lbs), who is very good in his crate and he loves it. There is plenty of room (I got it to replace his "travel-type" plastic crate, which he had outgrown) and he settles down in it well. However, occasionally he gets impatient and scratches at the door and I can see that if he was really determined he could easily break out. Even as good as he is in the crate I would probably not leave him alone in it for any length of time unless I was OK with coming home and finding it broken.As far as assembly is concerned, it was very straightforward. The instructions are clear and you aren't asked to do anything tricky. You are basically just putting the sections together. My husband and I are hopeless at putting things together and we did it in under 1/2 hour. You don't get any "extras" with the fittings, so don't lose any. In particular DON'T LOSE ONE OF THE SPRINGS because if you do, you will not be able to assemble the doors. A couple of extra springs would have been nice because, yes, we lost one and had to get creative on fixing one of the doors in. We tried to second guess the instructions and the result was a lost spring. I would say if you do exactly what the instructions say you should find it easy enough.In short: looks good, easy to assemble, fine for a crate-happy dog, not at all suitable for a dog that gets stressed in a crate and unless your dog is a REALLY mellow crate occupant, you might not want to leave them in it unattended and/or for long periods.