This unit was relatively easy to assemble, though time-consuming. The box was huge and extremely heavy. Luckily I was home when the delivery came, and the driver was nice enough to push it on in through the front door. It looks nice in our kitchen (matches our white cabinets) and the distressed look, mentioned by other reviewers, is barely noticeable--just a few flecks of taupe-colored paint here and there. I wish it were a little deeper inside. It doesn't hold quite as much as I would like. (We're using it to store kitchen appliances, baking pans, etc.) We were worried its overall size would be too bulkyoverpowering in our smallish kitchen, but it's not at all. It actually has a smallish footprint.