The chair arrived in 2 pieces. I couldn't wait to put it together, so alone at the time I did it myself. It took 1 minute to drop the chair onto the base pole. At first I thought the spinning rod attached to the chair was broken because it kept on turning. After my son got home and played around he showed me one way locks the chair -spin the other way and you are able to rock in the chair! Highly recommend for those who could never afford the real thing. The leather looks great especially in white! So great he surprised me by ordering a second one.