I am basically a jack of all trades, but definitely NOT a carpenter. So I started this project with much intrepidation. It went very well though. First things first, inventory and organize the kit. I laid out the kit in my garage ("sorry honey we can't park in garage for a few weeks"). Then follow the directions carefully. You will want a nail gun for sure (yay, new tools). I used a small pancake compressor, but only because i already had one. Probably get bigger one.