I ordered this stand on Tuesday night and it was delivered Friday morning.  Fast!  The stand went together with the same ease as any other similar piece of furniture requiring assembly.  The only tool required was a phillips screw driver.  Once assembled, the stand is beautiful and nicely functional.  There is only one caution.  The "deep black" color really isn't black, but a very dark brown, almost a wenge.  In darker light, it appears almost black, but when the sun shines on it, it definitely has some brown tones in it.  For us, it turned out to be just the perfect color.