Bought for my 15 year old daughter. I didn't help put it together, but husband and daughter did. Said it was easy, we did take a previous reviewers suggistion and used wood glue for extra strength. The handles I thought might be a problem for ankle bashing, (my daughters not the most graceful child:), So far, it's only happened a couple of times to her and once to me. Might change out handles later. I would recommend you buy directly from South Shore, [...]