This is full-on assembly. Way too many parts. And after I counted all the pieces against the directions, I noticed a whole set of screws and the sort where missing. I wrote to the manufacturer and they gave me excellent customer service. I was sent the missing bags of screws, etc via 2-day shipping at no cost to me. After taking a couple of days to put it together LOL (I had A.D.D. with this thing), I finally got it assembled, and it's very attractive. It's not real wood throughout but it doesn't appear cheap either. Im happy that I toughed it out.