Before you buy, hire an assembly person.  This took me two days to put together because some of the screws do not fit where they are supposed to. Also, some of the screw holes were covered with a rattan strip which had to be cut with scissors before assembly. Basically it could have been much easier to assemble with a little help from manufacturer to make the pieces correctly.  If you do not hire an assembly person, then you will need two people to put this together.  On the upside, it looks good when you do finally finish.