Assembly is no problem, overall quite as described. The only reason I took a star off is because the whole piece is not completely stable when standing on its own on a flat surface, and also it is heavier on the upper side, which makes me worry that it may fall down in the event of say earthquake, or if someone accidentally pull it down - well, there is something to fix it to the wall, but I prefer not to drill a hole in the wall so choose not to use it.