Man listen! When they say beauty is pain.... there’s much truth to that. This chandelier is a gorgeous statement piece! However the assembly was a bit tedious. Thankfully I had a small team of 2-3 people to assist me with about 3.5-4hrs assembly time (including hanging the crystals).  There were a total of 288 crystals (very sturdy, didn’t break when dropped), putting together the fixture to hang was fairly easy and took about a half hour. Then when it came to opening the carefully packed crystals, adding the tiny clips to them, then placing them all around the 5 tiers... teamwork is definitely necessary with this piece. I’d recommend to make sure you wipe the crystal clean before hanging and to also hang the crystals on the fixture after it’s hung.