First and foremost.. Make sure you clear your schedule for the day.. (and have atleast one person with alot of strength to help you.) This Kitchen took us 6 hours to build. You read that right. S I X. The fact that my eager child kept coming out of her room asking if it was finished and wanting to play with it may have added on to that time, but it was such a lengthy and difficult task. Piercing the screws through that plastic killed my hands. I wish the pieces it did include had come already together because of the effort the rest of it took. By the time I finished getting it together I had no energy to put the other kitchen items together. The end result is worth it though. I love everything about this kitchen and I am so glad we decided to upgrade from the mixing up magic to this. It looks great and is very sturdy, and so COOL! I wanted to play with it too. Thanks step2!