This is a pretty funky, unique coat rack.  I purchased it because I was sick of throwing my coat and bag on a chair when I got to my office each day.  Its a great deal for the money, and one of a kind in that it also looks like a modern art sculpture when no coats are on it.  It puts together easy with a provided Allen Wrench, with screws in two parallel panels where the poles meet.  The length of the poles makes it kinda awkward to start putting it together because they are a little unwieldy, but its pretty easy by the last couple sections.  My only criticism of the coat rack is that it doesn't have smaller poles or notches on the piece to hold purses or umbrellas, so as you can see in my picture, the purses slide down to where the poles meet about half way down the piece.  It still holds them just fine, but I'd prefer the purse to be further off the ground.