My husband said it was not difficult to assemble.  His had a problem with having to clean all the clumped up glue on the pieces and some of the pieces had marks that would not come off.  If you are spending over 100 on something you shouldn’t have to clean it up before putting it together.  There should be better quality control prior to being boxed up and shipped to the customer.  It seems like a nice piece , just the glue and some defects were our issue