the item was poorly packaged so during shipping it came scratched, broken parts. i had to contact the manufacturer of the actual product to wait and recieve new parts to assemble it. i used almost ever part it needed to put it together all the dowels and screws i even had to use the spare parts it comes with because the parts indluded was not enough it was shorts screws and other items. the dowel holes to put parts together were pre drilled to large so i use wood glue to make sure that it would stay together. over all it took about 4 hours to complete but after everything is said and done it looks good. hopefully you will not have to go through the same ordeal as me! good luck..