Tessio TV stand is multi functional! It can be used as a credenza or a wall unit. Oh and yes as a TV stand! Its sleek design will turn your living room into a mini theater. Its functionality is 2nd to none. Its so spacious. Plenty of room for knick knacks and all your specialty items. Its so wide that it could even be used as a buffet table to hold extra food at your next party. It came well packaged. It was very heavy as well over 100 lbs. As far as the assembly. I would say it was easy. Theres a lot of parts to it so it is a little tiresome. Your power tools mainly the Phillips head will be your best friend. No hammers required all you need is a Phillips screwdriver and youre all set. Im so happy with this pick! I guarantee you will be too! As you can see I chose not to put the legs on at this time because it was already bigger than expected and that would have made the height more than I needed. Its nice to have options!!!