I assembled this in 2 days by myself. It took me longer as I only did half each day. It was easy to follow directions but the only difficult part was removing the screws/bits & pieces from the packaging. It was triple taped, leaving no room to cut it apart. That would be my only negative. But the set arrived in good condition with only a tiny scratch on the one glass plate. Overall, it's a great set and I love how it stores!