I bought this chair as a surprise for my husband and put it together myself in the wee hours of the night.  It was well packed and arrived in beat-up boxes but the chair inside was perfect.  I managed to get it put together myself, although would have been much easier with two people.  The one exception is the armrests…I cannot, for the life of me, get the holes to lineup.  I will spend the day searching the internet for a tip to assist…wish me luck!  Other than that, the chair is beautiful!