I love the sofa, i will admit the directions were hard to understand however, after reading a few reviews i got how to do it. let me be straight when putting c to c in the 1st photo you need to push them together completely. It does not tell you this and the photo is bad at showing it. Will lose your mind trying to figure out why the screws dont fit, just line them up and push together and it works. i put this together by self in about 2 hours. some say its cushions are uncomfortable however i like them. we are loving our purchase.