You need to be a carpenter to put this thing together.  In fact, I ended up having to hire one to assemble it for me which ended up costing me an additional $150.  The description said assembly required, but it was more like complete rebuild required.  It required the use of a drill and everything.  If I hadn't had a little emergency fund stashed away, it would still be sitting in the box in my garage.  I was not happy about that at all.  Once it did get assembled it was beautiful and has worked out very well.  The fact that it ended up being so costly and all the trouble I had to go through to hire a carpenter will really make me think twice about ordering furniture online again.