When we first received this a good majority of the pieces were damaged. I had read some of the other reviews and hoped that wouldn’t be the case for me but it was. I called customer service and they were extremely helpful and nice. Because so many pieces were damaged they had to send a completely new set which they said would take another month to arrive. To my pleasant surprise if arrived 3 days later! It took me about 6 hours to put together by myself but the instructions were pretty easy to follow and had I had some help I’m sure it would have gone by faster but I didn’t mind. There are A LOT of pieces so make sure you have a decent size clean work area. Also there is a TON of foam that breaks apart super easy and creates a huge mess. I had to stop and vacuum after every piece I took out it created such a mess. Aside from that, I’m loving this bar so much and it looks great in our dining room! It was the 
perfect size too!