This piece comes largely assembled which is very helpful as it's fairly cumbersome and a bit heavy. The side compartments are not overly tall, however, and any long style necklace that sits at your midriff area will need to be hung from the highest hook at the top in order to fit inside. I wish there were dividers in each of the drawers to separate extra jewelry- I have to pile large bib style statement necklaces on top of one another which sort of defeats the purpose but they are too wide to be hung in the side compartments. It's a nice piece, but perhaps I just have too much jewelry!