I have put together many pieces of furniture over the years, and normally it's no problem for me, but this is just not a very well-made piece of furniture. It's not that it was difficult to follow the instructions, it was just actually difficult to put the pieces together because of how it was constructed. The particle board is also such a poor material that it was chipping just from the assembly process. I ended up buying some of those furniture crayons to cover up all the places where it chipped, which wasn't that effective. It's really too bad because it is a very nice-looking dresser, and it holds a lot, but it is just not worth the price when it is already chipped in several places just after putting it together.