As others mentioned - it can definitely be a bit of a pain to assemble. The instructions provide minimal guidance and it's mostly a test of common sense. (if the screw is too long or short, you have the wrong one). If you put it together in order of what makes sense, the rest is fairly easy due to process of elimination. Our only other knock on the product was that the hardware packaging was taped together, and not well enough to prevent half the washers/nuts/screws to be loose in the box. Luckily the box was taped well enough that we lost only a couple washers and hardware covers - nothing major. Great product once assembled and comfortable to sit it.