The two packages arrived in very good condition. Opened the boxes, found instructions and hardware. One set of black screws and one set of brass. Instructions were kind of easy. As others have said in these reviews, leave the screws loose until the last one goes in (pay attention to the screw heads-thin heads go in one place and the thicker ones go in another). Otherwise it is hard to align the holes. It took two people less than two hours to put together. The island is very nice looking.