The instructions for assembly was great!  It took my husband about 3 hrs to put together.  The only thing was when we put the hutch on  top of the desk part, we lost balance of it and we damaged it a little on the left side shelf area on the bottom so it's unnoticeable.  I just had to glue some of the pieces that fell off back on.  So obviously that was our fault.  I'm just warning you to be careful putting the hutch on top.  We love this piece and looks great in our home.