You have to have someone handy to put this together, and they'd better have an electric screwdriver. But the quality for the price point and look of the finished pieces, cannot be beat. It is a dark color, "tobacco," so you have to be okay with that... I wondered why they didn't make this set in blonde...except that the pieces are "finger-jointed" are that would be apparent in a lighter finish. So I guess I just answered my own question. The pieces are all wood, not particle board.... except for the back pieces which are plywood. We bought the two dressers and two bedside tables for just under 1,000.00. Great set!