I think these were a really good deal for the price. There are a lot of parts to assemble but everything is numbered, which is helpful. I like how they look and they seem sturdy enough for manufactured wood. The directions also say the nightstands take 20 minutes to assemble and require only one person. Though I do think you 
could assemble these alone, it’ll take more than 20 minutes. I’d say it took about an hour for my husband and me to put both together. There are a lot of screws and we didn’t want to use a drill out of fear of accidentally splitting the wood.