This piece looks great.  It's definitely not a simple process to put together - took a couple hours by myself.  I would definitely recommend at least 2 people to make things easier.  Taking off a star because some of the pieces don't fit together properly-- the dowels for top piece don't fit into the holes, we will need to shorten those for the top to sit flat.  Additionally, the instructions were a bit confusing at times.  However, once it's built-- it's a great piece.