Good packaging. The box was heavy. I'm so lucky I had a dolly to pull it in.  The instructions  was straight forward. The only problem that I didnt like was the pieces of furniture didnt have no labels kn to tell you which part is what. When I look at it it was easy. I see several people saying it was difficult to put together. To me it wasnt, I finished in least to 1 hour. I had one piece missing. The piece where you open the draw, to help it open/close properly.  I went to wayfair.com and put in a replacement part request. It came super fast. Overall it is describe as in the picture.  I'm not finished with my basement, so I just added some few items on it, to show you what it looks like.