Off the bat, I must say the directions are NOT GREAT, but that being said, once put together, we LOVE the fireplace. It fits into the corner very nicely and heats the room quite well. If you had a very large room with high ceilings it might not be enough. For our room ( a bedroom turned into a home office) it's perfect. A couple of hardware pieces were missing, but we were able to work around that without a problem. We are quite handy and very familiar with putting things together, but these directions were not good and really need to be done better. It's not impossible to put together by any means, just plan on taking your time and looking at the pictures very carefully. It looks great and works very well for us.