27 pieces. This took hours to put together. It was packaged well, but i would never buy this again. The entire time I was putting it together I kept thinking that the amount of time this took to put together wasn't worth the money I saved. If I could have returned it easily when it arrived, I would have. Nonetheless, once put together it's not bad. Definitely inexpensive furniture (the sides and back are really cheap material) but the top and front look good.