I was sooo looking forward to assembling this island.  We recently did a complete renovation to our small kitchen and yesterday (finally) started to assemble the island and of course the top is the final piece to go on, and it was not glued properly and nearly all of the top was coming up from the base of the top!  So now we have a 3/4 finished island.  We did glue down the top and have clamped it to dry, so hopefully, this will remedy the problem.  However, for the price we paid for this island I would have thought better quality.  Also, they do pack it well, however, we do have some dings and scratches to contend with once we know the top is going to hold up.  It was easy to assemble as long as you follow instructions.