It looks like it was supposed to come partially assembled. The only instructions are putting on the legs and drawer pulls. However, my product I received had pieces missing from the drawers, specifically the drawer slides. There's one missing, which means one of the drawers isn't even fully functional. There were extra tiny screws all over the box, which appear to be holding the drawer slides and sides of the drawers together, but some of them are so stripped that they don't ever tighten in place. I'm really disappointed in this product, especially since I ordered almost the entire collection, and now I'm worried about the rest of my pieces being just as bad.