I love this breakfast nook which is the only reason I am giving this a five.  I am a 50 year old woman who put this together myself in about 2 hours and I was so frustrated at the "non-pre-drilled holes".  Some of the wood on the side of the nook split because of the lack of pre-drilled holes....I'm confused as to why the majority of this nook did not contain pre-drilled holes.  Some of the screws were so close the a part which made it very difficult to screw them in...my hands were sore for a couple of days after building it.