It was super easy to put together by myself, and I'm really short and a chick, but I am handy and do have a cordless drill. There were a few nicks upon delivery, but nothing major. The only thing that worries me is that the supporting piece across the top bit cracked vertically for no apparent reason when I was putting it together. Since I'm only putting my television on this shelf and it's rather lightweight, I'm not that worried. It's cheap press-board and you get what you pay for. 

For the price point, it looks good and I'm happy. But I don't think it would survive a movedis-assembly.