This is a lot smaller than I thought.  So be sure you measure first to know if this is what you want or not.  I would say it comes to my waistline and I am 5'6".  No assembly required - just open it up and pull the shelves down into place.  It is good quality metal but the shelves are more narrow than I imagined.  I had a pretty big pot of flowers I wanted to put on the top but my pot was too wide and hung over the edge.  It holds 6 smaller pots (2 on each shelf) very well though.  Nice plant shelves but as I said be sure the measurements are what you want.