Took the entire 2 hours to put together the first one - my husband and I were able to breeze through the second one as the directions were very clear the first time around. The quality is great although we did need to put a felt foot on the bottom of one of the legs, as it was just a little wobbly. Other than that it holds all of my books (which I was concerned about in regards to weight) and I love the soft close cabinet doors.