Took me just a little over two hours to build, BY MYSELF. One part you might need help with is when you lift the top part onto the bottom part. One thing they didn’t say is that the LED strips are inside of the glass in the fireplace. Lay out all your parts in order (every single part is labeled) and lay out your screws and whatnot in order (they’re labeled as well) and build it yourself. Love the stand it looks SO nice. Pictures don’t do it justice honestly. I’m in the middle of Texas summer so haven’t tried the heater yet. Also, if you press and hold the light function on the remote, it’s lets you set how dim or bright you want the LEDs. Haven’t seen anyone mention that and I found out by accident