This is a very nice piece of furniture when it is put together. The instructions are somewhat poor. I was able to put it together by myself. I am reasonably handy woman, but am not used to assembling furniture and struggled a bit . As I progressed to pieces 2 and 3 it got much faster and easier. I recommend using a power screwdriver. The most important thing: when putting the drawer slides onto the drawers, PRE-DRILL them. The instructions mention that they are not pre-drilled, but they should be. I did not pre-drill on the first 2 drawers and they cracked when putting the screws in. I had to contact Overstocks and ask for new ones to be shipped to me. I purchased 3 pieces of this furniture. I predrilled all the other drawers and had no troubles. It was a time consuming process to get all 3 pieces done, but am glad I took the time to pre-drill. I would have given this a higher star rating, but gave it a 3 due to mediocre instructions and having to pre-drill. Once assembled I would give it at least a 4 rating.