We needed a small bar with lots of storage and display room for our small basement family room. This fit the bill perfectly. I didn't personally find the instructions hard to follow, and all the pieces are separated and itemized making them easy to find. All I needed was a screw driver and a hammer, it took me about two hours to do it by myself. I do wish that we could have chosen to use half the space with the wine bottle holders and left the other half open because we don't ever anticipate having that much wine in our possession at one time and could use room for other smaller bottles and bar supplies. However, that's a minor issue. Also, some of our wine and martini glasses had bases that were too large for the hangers...but it's about time to update those to match our margarita glasses that fit perfectly!