It took almost 4 hours to completely assemble. After the first chair the rest are easier. Everything was packaged very well nothing was broken. I’m a female and built it all alone. It’s not difficult just very time consuming their are a lot of screws and you can’t tighten them all the way In until all the screws are in or it will make it hard to align the holes and screws on the other sides. I so glad I purchased this set looks just like the pictures very sturdy and great quality.