It took 3 of us to assemble the directions are somewhat easy to read but just pay close attention to the pictures and how the parts are facing in the instruction book and you will not have any problems. We started Saturday morning around 8am and finished around 430pm and yes we took several breaks lol but this gazebo is strong after we assembled all the parts. At first we thought about returning it cuz spending over 900 seemed not worth it at all but I’m so happy we decided to push through with this project! I would recommend and heads up include a mallet to ur collection of tool. Happy building