This is a great tv stand. i love the unfinished solid wood. it has a much more airy, summer beach house appeal. of course, you could also choose to paint or stain it anyway you want. the assembly was relatively easy compared to some other furniture i bought on wayfair. it took two adults about one hour to put it together. it may be possible to do it with only one person but it would be much more difficult to hold the pieces together with one hand while screwing with the other. the shelves are adjustable. everything lined up perfectly. we chose to leave out the back board since we actually are storing other connected devices on the cabinets, and the openings for the wires on the back board are only for the open shelves.