Beautiful planter! I love that there are 2 separate pots inside the bottom instead of one larger pot. It's so much lighter to move! Once the flowers grew a little you couldn't tell that they were in separate pots. The trellis is quite tall and gives us a lot of privacy on our deck. Assembly was pretty easy. We did decide to pre-drill the holes and I think that worked great but I'm sure you could assemble it either way.