The directions are a little sketchy, but once you figure that out, it goes together really quickly. It def takes two people to assemble. The only problem I have is that I ordered the "smaller" ones and it's difficult to find hammocks that fit. Even though they say they're the smaller size, they are really big and two of them pretty dominate a 10 x 10 deck area. They probably are way too big for the average backyard or deck.