Once it’s all together it’s big and beautiful but getting it put together is an adventure. I hired someone that had experience in assembling furniture and he said that this piece was the hardest he ever had to put together because the instructions are so inadequate. There are no written instructions and most of the the diagrams make no sense at all. He had to depend on his ability from other jobs to finally get it completed. I offered my assistance because it would have been impossible for one person to assemble it and get it in the right location in the room. The way this armoire was shipped is something that should be mentioned. It came in a huge crate that looked like a coffin for Frankenstein. Attached to the bottom of the crate was a pallet. The delivery people asked me what was in the crate because they had never seen anything else like it. They told me that the total weight was 600 pounds. Unpacking was another ordeal that took about two hours.