This coffee table should be easy to assemble, but because of lack of labeling on the pieces and in the direction, it was trial and error to get the arms and boards in the right direction, and you couldn't tell until the very last step. I had to redo all the assembling twice to get it right. Huge pain!! This should be a 4 hour job with proper tool, but took me two days! And that is not it! Within 3 months of use, the bottle board snapped in half!! These boards are so cheap, they will crumble! Crumble into dust!