I bought this to hold towels and suplies in my bathroom but moved it to the living room right near the front door. It looked AMAZING in my bathroom but was a bit too large for the space. It is nice enough use anywhere you want storage or a place to display nice things (it now displays some nice things, a family photo and will be the place for gloves and such in winter. Elegant Home fashions makes a bathroom tower just like this which I will order without worry based on how n ice this piece is. A 19 year old mechanically inclined young man put it together in about half an hour. It would have taken me 3 days and I would have screwed it up as I am AWFUL as putting anything together and always have been. My guess is instructions and assembly are what you would expect from ready to assemble furniture that has doors, hinges, feet, shelves, etc.