It's so gorgeous and great quality! It took my husband about a total of 13-15 hours to build it You can do most of it with one person but it helps to have a second for the little things and you definitely need at least two people when putting the 4 top posts in. We added some solar shades to the sides and it's perfect now. The material it comes with for the top seems durable as well and blocks out a lot of direct sun.