Dolce Dark Walnut Folding Bookcase

Even with standard shipping, I had my bookcases within 72 hours...and opened the boxes to find the bookcases simply wonderful, with no assembly required! You just stand them up against the wall at a 70-degree angle, prop the sides into place and let the shelves fall into place.

I'm not sure which I like better, their no-assembly ease or their tasteful good looks. (Made in Thailand, they really do look like they came from Pottery Barn or Pier One.)

Buyers with crawling kids or inquisitive toddlers should probably secure the bookcases to the wall for safety, but that's true of all free-standing bookcases.

Nice furniture, fast and cheap -- with no assembly required...imagine that!


good for the wanderer   July 9, 2003
lynz-h (Eastern MI United States)
15 out of 15 found this review helpful

the dark coffee coloured finish appeals to my gothic sensibilities. the folding design appeals to my transient nature. this bookcase could have been made for me!

a couple of points I didn't see otherwise mentioned:
--the open top is nice for oversized books.
--it does fold up--but it's a bit heavy and awkward. I chipped mine trying to transport it by myself.
--if you jam yours full, the open sides will encourage your smaller books to warp. also, it's easy to catch the book covers on the back support frame. however, this will happen if you're as careless with your books as I am.

I wish they made the same model, only taller.
I wish they made a crown top for them, like some folding bookcases have. that would be cool.

we've had ours for a couple of years. they're packed to the gills and holding up great. they look pretty nice (they'd look nicer if I didn't fill them so full.) a good purchase.


Use it right out of the box.   December 20, 2001
Fan Wang
11 out of 11 found this review helpful

I have not used this long, (...) but this really has been great. It was sort of dusty when it came, and I had to wipe it. It seems to attract dust very easily, one of the downsides. Another problem is the back-support for the books is high, and smaller books might easily fall off the shelf if not careful. This is not much of an issue, because you can always put bigger books on the side, and all books up vertically. The good thing, however, was that it took virtually one minute to unpack, and to set up. The side fences can be fold into the center, and the shelfs can be fold up. It came in a heavy and man size though not very thick package. This looks very elegent to me, I don't know why the other reviewer thinks it's "Cheap"?!


GREAT bookcases! Don't stop at one!!!   September 12, 2005
M. Edwards (Newport News, Virginia United States)
8 out of 8 found this review helpful

I, like another reviewer, bought three of these at Target three and a half years ago, and decided I finally needed a fourth to hold my DVDs, because really, who wants to spend forty bucks on a DVD cabinet when you can get something much better that coordinates with your decor for ten bucks more???

As that same previous reviewer mentioned, I, too, moved after purchasing these bookcases, and it was SO much easier to just box up my books, fold these flat, and go! They're worth every penny you'll spend on them! And they'll look GREAT in your home!!!


perfect!!   January 16, 2006
R. Naadimuthu (nyc)
10 out of 11 found this review helpful

i desperately needed an inexpensive bookshelf to hold a ton of reference books that i own, but also complement the decor of our living room. well, this was just perfect. the shelves are tall enough to accomodate all of my large books...and even if the lower shelves weren't tall enough, the top shelf is open. personally though, i like to use the top shelf for decoration. i also love the fact that it's open in the back, so the bottom shelf i left for my modem, router, adapter and the cords string easily through the back.
beautiful dark wood color, and it was so easy to set up straight out of the box.
i guess it is in high demand though b/c i had to wait for 3 wks before it was sent to me.