I love this unit, it looks great, but it is a beast to put together. I tackled it by myself, and it was doable, but assembling the back of the unit was really tricky because there aren't any pre-drilled holes. I was terrified I was doing the wrong thing by boring my own holes into it but after contacting the manufacturer, they said that's the way it's suppose to be because the screws should "go easily into the soft wood." In my experience, they did not go in easily. After a few blisters, and using my power drill, it got done. You also need to have your own TV mount and you attach it to the wall of the unit, like you would attach it to the wall, so that's more drilling holes where holes seemingly don't belong...but now that it's altogether, and my blisters have healed, we absolutely love it. Gave it 4/5 stars because of the confusion in putting it together and because every leg is dinged, but you can't notice it when it's assembled.