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Imaginarium Deluxe Wooden Art Easel Review

A great price but poor quality

"I bought this easel for my two toddlers because I liked the idea that it was wood and the price was nice. When my husband started to assemble it he noted that it looked flimsy but we decided to go ahead and finish it and try and use it. Well, it lasted 5 days. Our boys knocked it over once and the wood on two legs immediately split where the screws were inserted near the top. Since we had thrown out the box we were not allowed to return it so now we are stuck with a broken easel. We were able to fix it so that it is somewhat usable and now we have it outside on our deck and they love painting on it. I figured they can just use it until it totally falls apart and then we will replace it with a better one. The chalkboard is poor quality - you have to press really hard on the chalk for the lines to appear so that is somewhat troublesome for little ones. I painted over it with some chalkboard paint and now it seems to be more user friendly. The white board does not come clean easily, even with dry erase markers. Before purchasing this one I had looked at some more expensive ones and now I realize that it would have probably been worth the extra money to have a more durable easel, since we have incurred additional costs in trying to salvage this one, which is not even a week old."