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For fourteen years, the spot beside our dining table belonged to a white IKEA Kallax. I’ve had it since I was single, and it came with us through two apartment moves. Lately it held our microwave, under the oval wood mirror.

We replaced it with a fluted sideboard from Wayfair, sold there as the George Oliver 62 in Fluted Buffet Cabinet, and built it ourselves at home.

The microwave went right back on top, under the same mirror. And the oak-look front is nearly the same color as our table and chairs.

Going from the white cubes to that fluted front was so worth it.

Delivery, and a month in the box

We ordered the cabinet from Wayfair on a Sunday night in September, and it was at our door two days later. It came in one long, flat box marked fragile.

Then my daughter and I got COVID right as it arrived, and the weeks after that were a whirlwind. So the box just leaned against the wall beside the Kallax.

It was more than a month before we found a free weekend to build it. By then, I was really hoping nothing inside had been damaged in shipping.

Putting it together

It took my wife and me around three hours to build, starting a little after noon on a Saturday in late October, with a few breaks.

First we moved the Kallax out, which left a bare wall with a baseboard heater running along the floor.

Then we opened the box, and thank god, everything was fully intact. The fluted door fronts, the white inside panels and the wrapped top came stacked flat inside foam corners.

We pushed the dining table aside to make room and laid the pre-drilled panels out on the floor. Then we sat down with the instruction booklet between us, and our daughter in her bouncer beside us.

The instructions were decent, and I could follow along pretty easily. Every panel had a small numbered sticker that matched the booklet.

I used my own drill, and my wife used the tool kit that came in the box. It’s a little case with pliers, a screwdriver with bits and hex keys. She used it to fit the white metal slides to the sides of the drawers.

The slides went on in the first hour. Then we put the body together, and by mid-afternoon it was taking shape.

The doors and the top went on last. The doors were the trickiest part, getting them to sit on their track.

I think you need two people, especially for the long pieces like the top. One person could probably do it alone, but it would take longer and be a lot harder.

When we slid it into place, the heater pushed it out from the wall a little. Not a big deal. By late afternoon, it was done, with the protective film still on the top.

How the fluted sideboard looks in our dining room

I love how the fluted front looks in the room. Thin ridges run down both doors and every drawer front, and up close they catch the light nicely. The sides curve around the corners instead of meeting at a sharp edge.

There are no handles. Each drawer has a groove cut along its top edge for your fingers, so nothing sticks out from that clean front.

It sits on four legs that angle out a little from a base rail. That lifts it off the floor, so it looks lighter than a big box against the wall would. At 15.4 inches deep, it also keeps close to the wall and leaves the walkway beside the table clear.

The marble-look top wasn’t what I expected. It’s white with thin gold veins, but it’s browner than it looked online.

It isn’t stone. The top is a marble look over manufactured wood, and the doors and the body are manufactured wood too. The top hangs a little past the body, with rounded corners to match the sides.

Ours is the Light Oak, and it also comes in Walnut. Against white walls and a wood floor, the Light Oak looks warm and easy to live with.

Living with it

Three days in, the top held the microwave with a wood bowl on it, a kettle, a can of formula and a banana hook. The top itself feels solid.

The cabinet’s cord goes to the wall, and there’s an outlet strip built into the back of the top. Our kettle runs off the strip now.

Inside, there are three drawers on the metal slides my wife fitted that Saturday, and two cabinets with shelves you can move up or down. We’re still figuring out what goes in the drawers and what goes behind the doors.

The doors slide rather than swing, so you can open one even with a dining chair pulled up close. They don’t close flush with the edge, though, and that annoys me a bit. Sometimes it takes two tries to slide one open, either because of that or because a drawer’s slightly ajar.

An open door slides right in front of the drawers on that side, so a drawer that isn’t pushed all the way in blocks the door.

The listing promises room underneath for a robot vacuum. Our Roborock gets right under it.

Is George Oliver furniture good quality?

Our George Oliver cabinet is good quality. George Oliver is one of Wayfair’s own labels, though, and different companies make the furniture sold under it. The Wayfair house brands guide goes through more of those labels.

Ours was made by Yanosaku. The model number printed on our box, TS001, is Yanosaku’s, and the same box says Made in China.

When I shop for flat-pack furniture online, I check what it’s made of, whether the dimensions fit our space and how the reviews are. On a George Oliver listing, the company that makes it is worth adding to that list. Search the listing’s full title at Walmart or Amazon, and the same piece can turn up under the company’s own name.

In March 2025, George Oliver six-drawer dressers were recalled because they could tip over if they weren’t anchored to the wall. They came from a different seller and a different factory, and no injuries were reported. If you have one, the recall notice explains what to do.

Wayfair sells anti-tip straps as an add-on for this cabinet. Our daughter’s crawling all over the apartment these days. We haven’t anchored ours yet, but it’s next on the list.

Should you buy it?

The spot where the Kallax stood looks like part of the dining room now, instead of storage pushed against the wall. And yes, I’d buy it again.

If a cube shelf or a bookcase is holding that spot in your dining room, this cabinet can make the same change.

What else to look at

If your wall is longer and you don’t need an outlet on top, look at the Yanosaku 66 in Fluted Buffet Cabinet. It’s the bigger fluted cabinet from the same company, with three drawers and two cabinets behind hinged doors, and no marble look on top.

Hinged doors swing open, so you can reach into a whole cabinet at once, and an open door never sits over the drawers the way ours do. For a long dining wall, it could be a lovely fit.

Looking at a different fluted sideboard altogether? Two that look alike in photos can still open in different ways.

Sliding doors need no room in front, and hinged ones need room to swing, so it mostly comes down to how much space you’ve got in front of the cabinet.

The fine print

The color names vary. Wayfair sells it in Light Oak and Walnut, and its specifications list ours as Natural.

It’s listed as scratch-resistant and water-resistant.

Its model number is TS001, which helps if you’re searching for it outside Wayfair.

Questions

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