This island was exactly what I hoped it would be. I’m not sure how it is taking people 8+ hours to assemble. It took me about 3.5-4 hours and I am not particularly great at these things. The instructions are straight forward. Except they say not to use a drill. DO use a drill, just don’t over tighten. Theres probably 100 screws that you don’t want to do by hand. The hinges could be better but I can easily replace those. Overall very happy with this purchase.