It does come completely unassembled. It definitely takes more than one person to put it together.  My husband and I took on the challenge. It's fairly simple but it's just time consuming. It took us well over the 90 minutes. We had a great sense of accomplishment once we assembled it all. We even rewarded ourselves by going out to eat. We have sat out there several times and it it's exactly what we were looking for. Our yard isn't big but this fits perfectly. Love it!