Melissa & Doug Wooden Toy Chest - Espresso

I purchased this toy chest for two reasons. One, I needed a chest for my grandkids toys for when they are at our house. Two, I purchased the M&D chest because they are typically well-known for their quality and safety of their products. Now for my review of the chest. First off, there were no instructions included. I had to go online to get the instructions. No big deal, but still...I was surprised that an M&D product was not thoroughly inspected for ALL items that should have been included. Secondly, one of the long bolts would go into the threaded hole just so far, leaving the bolt about 3/4 inch above the frame. I assume that the threads in the hole were damaged since the bolt went into all the other holes just fine and none of the other bolts would go into that particular hole. My remedy was, unfortunately, to use one of the short bolts in that hole. Of course, that left me one short bolt short (haha) for the back brace. My husband cut the long bolt and we tried that in the hole for the piece but it wouldn't work. So now we have to find another short bolt to finish the brace. Really? It sure would have been nice to have each threaded hole inspected to make sure that every bolt would work. But then, this product is made in Vietnam and the workers are undoubtedly assembling these chests very quickly. Finally, as almost every reviewer has said, the top will not shut completely. You would think that the safety lid supports would be made to allow the lid to close gently so little fingers won't get pinched. It doesn't look great with it always open, but I guess I'll put something on top to make it close. I hope that my grandchildren will like using this toy chest and that it holds up.