I've been putting a lot of furniture together lately. I did a ton of research prior, trying not to buy anything that was too terribly hard to build. This was SO EASY! To build this piece, you only needed 3 types of screws/accessories and a screw driver. I ordered the natural wood color- it's not as "natural color" as some other pieces I've bought previously, but it's really pretty and works with the colors in my space.