You need a drill for this, and hanging the doors is hard (the holes are not pre-drilled). It's easy to accidentally hammer the nails from the backing through into the cubbies, so be careful! The assembly is 100% a 2 person job--you will be so miserable if you try to do this alone. Even though it's hard to put together, I do have 2 of these and I think the final product looks great.