I'm soo happy to finally have some nice furniture on my patio!  BUT...like just about every other buyer the assembly
is not a user friendly chore, Thank God, my 47 year old son, who is very adept with these things, did the job.  We timed it, and, using only the "tools" supplied, and pushing and pulling each part to get holes to align to fit the screws for each of the many holes, he took three hours, it took the sap out of him and he went home to recuperate!  We both liked the set, I think he will do my other set, too , it looks MUCH easier and very few parts involved it's three pieces, I think it's delicious!  See our next review!                                                                                    Kathy