Wow. This took me forever to put together. It sat in the box in my living room for over 2 weeks. I thought maybe one of my kids or grand kids might visit and I could ask them to help. That didn't happen so yesterday I opened the box and started the task. The instructions for the most part were good but I wanted to make sure I didn't make a mistake so I was very cautious. Lots of steps and hard to do by myself. (I am almost 70 yrs. old) sometimes I needed to prop it up on something.(the styrofoam it came with worked perfect) after about 6 or 7 hrs. It was done. I love it. I have so much room for all of my dvd' s now. Room for many more. It was worth the time and money. Wish I would have started it sooner.