My daughter put this together in about 3 or 4 hours. I was unable to help except to hand her the parts and the hardware. The hardware was separately wrapped for each step which was AWESOME, and this island gives me much needed storage in my kitchen, plus a great space to roll out cookie dough. I bake so much more now since I got this much needed island. It's very fine quality and worth the money. I don't have to lock the wheels, either, because this stays in place VERY well. It doesn't move if you happen to bump it, but moves easily if you need to push it to another location. One of my favorite purchases from Wayfair.