Looks are deceiving. It is shorter than I had imagined. It arrived promptly but was totally unassembled. I am a single elderly woman who has no tools but I managed to do quite well using a butter knife to tighten screws and a metal meat tenderizer mallet to hammer where required. The instructions were very clear on assembly but I would have rather it arrived assembled as getting on the floor and back up after the job was complete was quite challenging to say the least as both knees and hips and spine are riddled with arthritis and I had no help as I live alone.