I was a long time Container Store Skandia owner - I had a ton of it and loved it. Lundia USA claims to be the same stuff, just in US measurements. This claim is at best a gross exaggeration. I ordered three units for my new apartment and anxiously awaited their arrival. (I ordered everything in black.) Two of the three units went together fine, albeit with sloppy tolerances and poor fit and finish. Yes, it's all solid wood, but I'm not sure what species and it's certainly not very hard. The finish varies wildly, even on the same shelf, from almost glossy to grain so rough I'm afraid of getting a splinter. In places the wood color shows, not just the grain. It's like they spent about ten seconds with a piece of sandpaper and then slapped on some paint. My 12" deep bookcase that I got for my office has been a disaster. The first one they shipped, the uprights and shelves were so far out of spec that I couldn't assemble it at all. They were very responsive and apologetic and said they would send me a complete replacement, which is why they get two stars instead of one or none. The front office people are wonderful, responsive, patient, and they deserve to be representing a vastly better product than what their factory is shipping. The replacement unit arrived several weeks later with pieces missing. I called them, they followed up and sent the missing pieces (a couple of cross pieces, ALL of the hardware, and the instructions were among what they failed to send). Once we had everything for the replacement unit, we discovered one of the uprights is badly bowed/twisted and the bolts were a full 1/4" too short. Luckily we had saved the original pieces and were able to hack together one serviceable unit. But this entire experience is a nightmare of value engineering. This stuff may have at one time been comparable to Lundia, but what it looks like to me is that it's been value engineered into oblivion. Their manufacturing tolerances are sloppy. They don't test fit anything at the factory, so if your shelves are too long and your hardware is too short, you're going to have a hell of a time getting anything to go together. And worst of all, the replacement they sent me was barely better than the defective one they sent first. This product is not worth what it costs at all. IKEA makes a solid pine bookcase that would serve just as well for a fraction of the price. I take no joy in writing any of this -- I was the world's biggest fan of Skandia and I wanted to love this product. All I can say is apparently something has changed since the previous reviewers got their closet systems, and not for the better. Don't waste your money or your time.EDIT 11/2/2025: I see Lundia has posted a defense of their "commitment to quality" - which is great and everything, but it doesn't make it OK my experience was so atrocious. They mention upgrades to the wood -- I wonder if they also upgraded the metal, which was inferior to Skandia's design in every way, with rough-cut, sharp edges and cheap metal bolts, some of which were too short. I wonder if they upgraded their finish process to deal with the wild variations in color and texture across every shelf. I wonder if they test-assemble your unit in their factory to make sure it will actually go together, before they ship it to you and make it your problem.Yes, the upgrades they mentioned were absolutely necessary. I wouldn't assume they are sufficient.
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