this looks good now that we have it set up, but it was definitely a pain to assemble (and i am no stranger to assembling flat pack furniture). there were scuffs, scratches and minor blemishes (though not quite enough to stop putting it together and wait however long to get shipped new parts). overall, there was a sense of "this is not coming together well" - holes didn't seem to line up very well, that sort of thing - and we almost gave up. but like i said, in the end it came together and looks very nice.