I finally jumped in and made a purchase of two nightstands that coordinate with a dresser and bed...all purchased from Wayfair.  Hooker furniture was a higher end furniture as I remembered but when I received the nightstands I was once again disappointed with the quality.  I had a furniture technician here at my home to attempt to fix imperfections on the dresser I purchased so showed him the nightstand issues and he just said that is unfortunate.  Quality is extremely disappointing. Loved the style look though.