When I was finally able to put this together, I had a stopping point because some of the pieces were not correct.  That took about another week to get them in, but they were correct.  It is beautiful and a lot bigger than I thought!  You do need to have the patients and the room to put it together.  A drill is a lot faster, but just make sure that all of your pieces are there before you start.  Some of them were numbered wrong, but easy to figure out.  I had a problem with the top drawers closing at first, but figured it out.  Make sure that all screws are completely in.  Some of the holes in the hardware are bigger than the screws as well. All in all, now I want more pieces!