Took under an hour for me to assemble- pretty straightforward if you lay out all the pieces and make sure you match up the lettersnumbers. Light is nice- you can change the brightness and speed of the light with the remote. This will hold a lot of records which is nice as I plan to expand my collection. 
The top doesn’t lay completely flush and you can see the light out the side. I tried my best to tighten it, maybe the top piece is a little warped. Otherwise I’m quite happy with it.