I should have known it would be complicated to set up just from the images. Still, I've done my fair share of assembly and I wasn't moving slowly but with all the little parts this took about 2 and a half hours to set up. The directions aren't terrible, none of the parts are labeled and there's a lot of similar parts and tiny screws, so referring back and forth to the contents sheet was a little time consuming but otherwise it was fairly straight forward. It looks very nice, it's a definite black with a nice woodgrain look to it. If you've never had a piece similar to this, the drawers hold more than you might think since you can stack items all the way to the top of the drawer and still have it close smoothly. I've had something similar from Ikea that didn't take near as long to set up, so for just a little extra storage I'm not sure the time was worth it.