Wasn't hard to put together, my daughter & I each put one together on a Saturday afternoon. Took about hour & 1/2 due to sharing the tools. To my surprise we only had enough nail brads for each hole that was to nail the backboard on. I'm used to having addt'l pieces (nails, screws, etc) left over in case something goes wrong, which did. We had a nail brad break and another bend. Common for those to do. Once completed I moved the shelves into place and noticed that one of the backboard pieces did not have the sticker on it to make it uniform in color. At first I thought I must have put it on the wrong way, but at 2nd glance I noticed it was the light oak/maple color & not the ebony I purchased.  Bad quality control from the Mnfctr. Otherwise I would have been pleased with my purchase. I am one to agree you get what you pay for, but this was no error on Wayfairs end. I'm glad I didn't spend a lot on these. Cannot say I would recommend these and definitely will not buy again.