The instructions were clear and easily understood. This took me the most part of a day to assemble. Understandably, the instructions said two people were needed to put this together and for the most part it was just me. All the pre-drilled holes in the assembly lined up perfectly but some of the screws turned hard. The allen wrench for the larger bolts was small and hurt my hands to screw the bolts down snug. The stand was delivered on time at my front door. My wife and I both love this stand. It fits perfectly in our living room for my 55 inch TV. There was no shipping damage on our stand that weighed 90 pounds.