Exactly as pictured - came in 4 separate boxes and took 2 people 4 hours to assemble. The final step of putting the top onto the base of the larger section - I would recommend doing this while it is laying on the floor because 1 - it is heavy and 2 - you can not see the holes to align the screws or dowels - we ended up scratching the inside of the cabinet on our first try and decided it worked better to connect on the floor then stand it up.