This is truelly the easiest piece of furniture we have ever put together.  My husband and I are furniture-challenged and continually have extra or missing parts and what we put together ends up barely functional.  This console was easy as 1-2-3 and was up in less than an hour!  It is sturdy and beautiful and holds our  46" VideoWave TV just perfectly.  All components fit well into the cupboards, we have 7 of them going into the TV (a router, a receiver, the Bose receiver, a battery backup, a Wii, and a PS3) so nice to have them tucked away nice and neat!