Bought these because I really liked the small shelf with the cutout for a cord and they were a good price for the set and solid wood. Because we got the white, there was as definitely some places there the painted parts would flake off. I used a white chalk marker to cover up the nicks. The first one took me 4 hours and the second took about 1.5. The directions say not to use a drill but thats unreasonable for me so Id use a drill on low speed to get the screw mostly in and then hand tighten. The hardest part was screwing the round legs to the base because there were no guided holes. They look great but plan on spending time getting them out together.