Although neither my partner nor I are at all "handy" we thought we could tackle this--wrong--so take my review with a grain of salt: We used the wrong bolts for chairs, and couldn't get them out once we realized our mistake, and we split some of the wood while trying. Off to the hardware store. Purchased non-matching (couldn't find brass screws in right size) screws to "finish" the job. Once table and chairs were all set up, I found the chairs too tall (I'm 5'4) to get up on easily, and once up my legs dangled so the wood chair was very uncomfortable. Off to buy seat  cushions--some help. Now we've had it for a couple of years, and the screws are loosening and we aren't savvy enough to get chairs tightened up. Though the set looks really nice, it's not comfortable at all to me, and I am hesitant to "climb" on the bar at the bottom of a chair to get up on it as I'm pretty sure it'll break soon.