We bought two of these shelves for a family room. It’s easy to put together, I think one person could easily do it, but we had two people and it’s a breeze. All parts were in place and not a scratch. We secured the top to the wall with a bracket. Looks great and I can’t wait to add the second one. Just a note, the gray is dark and you can’t really display much with dark background. So I’m painting the back white on the second one and will take this down to paint it what as well (it’s part 9 in the box, there are 6 of them).