I knew going into this buy it was going to take some 3-4 hours to build, but it was so simple to build I didn't even care. The instructions were extremely clear, parts were clearly marked, and pieces went together no problem at all. It is partial real wood and partial engineered it seems, but even if not this thing is really solid and looks great. Even better was this thing was a 2 day shipping and came in 2 boxes, packed very nicely without any problems. Girlfriend loves it and when I eventually get a new one, I'll be buying from same manufacturer.