Once you get past maneuvering the extremely heavy box that it comes in and getting parts out of it - phew.....all else is fairly easy with set up you may require two people to initially stand both pieces up in order to slide plank thru. I wanted height, decor and width for my stereo receiver, etc. pictures and art....just right. unfortunately, ups or distributor rough handled the box, assuming, and some corners to the planks were dented in and one of the X's was completely broken. Customer service was fast & easy to replace parts. Overall, I love them ....they're beautiful to come home to. I bought two and my 60 in. tv in in-between the two