The fireplace was very easy to put together as the pieces came with all of the dowel rods and metal parts already in the holes. It isn’t a benefit to have two people to put this fireplace and TV stand together. The fireplace goes in very easily, and looks really nice when burning. There were a couple of things on the instructions that could have been a little bit better. When it comes to installing the fireplace, there were no pre-drilled pre-drilled holes as I assume they want you to decide where you put the fireplace on your own, and then bolt it down. The other thing was one step on the instructions tells you to put the stand in place and then they have you move the stand again out away from the wall so you can put the fireplace in from the back.  Why they have you put it against the wall and then move it out again is beyond me. But I would purchase this again and have several friends that are interested in purchasing because they really like the way it looks.