I was completely dumbfounded when I was delivered two large boxes in mail and was wondering if I had to really put together the sectional piece by piece, but then I realized after opening up the box, it was pretty much all together and I just had to connect everything! I really like the sectional and how it looks. It seems slightly fragile but I got what I paid for and like it so far! I don't know the weight requirement for this product but if I was bigger and/or had bigger guest, I would be concerned with sitting on such furniture.