Just as pictured. It does comes in three boxes like other reviews stated, and yes it takes a while to put together, but it's not hard. If you want to buy a piece that's comes assembled, than go ahead and pay twice as much. Otherwise, set a few hours aside and have someone help you do this.  My husband and I (I'm 6 months pregnant) did this in about 3 - 3 1/2 hours. It's a very nice piece of furniture and well worth the price.  This literally emptied an entire closet of my husband's clothes!! Very happy with my purchase!