I've put my fair share of furniture together and I'd say this wasn't the most straight forward.  The legs were put together first with the base, and there weren't pilot holes for the legs so using the screws felt a little haphazard, and the hinges themselves didn't have them either. I ended up using a drill to make some guiding holes prior to adding the hinges.  All that being said, when it was all over it turned out real well and looks great and is a solid piece of furniture.