It's a beautiful piece. However, you'll definitely need at least two people to assemble because there are large pieces included. It was tricky to understand the instructions, but we were able to figure it out once we got going. It took us about 3 hours to assemble. The finished product is sturdy and nice to look at, so far. The front sliding doors worked fine the first day or so, but now they sometimes stick in the track, but that may be due to the humidity here. Otherwise, I'm very pleased with this purchase.