After reading other reviews, was concerned about having it arrive damaged.  The box is quite heavy, there is no surplus of packing material, but we had no damage that was readily apparent.  It took me about 4 hours - including a couple of breaks - to get the unit assembled.  The directions are fairly clear, but there were a couple of the diagrams I had to interpret to be certain I was doing the assembly correctly.  It was a bit darker than the picture indicated, but it looks quite nice now that it is fully assembled, TV installed, and pictures and other things on the shelves.Pros: Price, functionality, nice lookingCons: Packaging leaves risk of damage during shipment, about 4 hours of assembly time