This was a bit of a monster to assemble, but that’s what you would expect from a large piece of furniture like this. The worst part was the first few assembly steps — if I were confident enough to make the predrilled holes a bit larger then I think it would have been a lot easier. Finished product is really nice though. We strapped it to the wall to keep it from swaying so much. My son loves it and it does seem to add a lot of space to his very small room.