The shoe rack itself is fairly easy to assemble. However, I wish the craftsmanship were a little better as you can see some glue residue in between pieces of wood (they didn't seem to take time to sand the glue away). It also looks like they only applied 1 coat of wood stain in which it doesn't make the product look quite like the picture. Overall, it's strong and light and if you have time to re-stain it to bring the product to a higher quality, then it's a good buy.