I should have known "ASSEMBLY REQUIRED" but spaced it out even at age 67. The box was just about the size of the finished piece. The finish was beautiful and perfect on each piece I unwrapped. I did decades of corporate accounting but also enjoyed the heavy weight of each screw. The fact that there weren't extra washers and stuff helped too. God bless each human that drilled a hole in just the right place or the person that turned on the machine that did the work. All of the screws fit and the pieces to hold the top on were designed by a genius. This great grandmother did it herself. A full size legal pad fits in the bottom of each drawer. Each drawer is 7 inches high. Don't forget to put little felt circles on the bottom of anything you put on the top. It is one breathtakingly beautiful piece.