Although this was a nice bar set, I've had to reorder another set because the alignment was off. When I received the second set and put it together, I had the same issue. The bottom piece was easy to put together and no issues. When trying to connect piece 1 to piece 2 and 3, that was a struggle and a disaster.  The holes were again not aligned and it was impossible to connect all 3 pieces without damaging the wood. I was not abled to connect the unit together. This was disappointing considering that I really liked the bar set.