I was able to put this together on my own fairly quickly, but needed a little muscle help in a few spots.  At the moment we have it in our guest room as a sort of guest 'valet' where they could hang their clothes and put some belongings on the shelves, I put towels out for them on the top shelf.  I would recommend thinking through how you will use this piece as it is different.  My partner describes the tall slim support pieces as match sticks.  It is sturdy enough but it is very tall and could be described as 'spindly'.