This arrived securely packed. The mirror was well protected and intact. The bottom pivot portion of this armoire was preinstalled together which was nice. It only took one person to put together in about one hour. It needed a furniture dolly to move it from where it was built to put it in its final destination. It is very durable and heavy, which it should be so that it endures for years. I would not recommend having it in a childs room because they could climb on it and it might fall on them. I would highly recommend it for adults only. One picture shows the poor fill-in job on one aspect of it but I put that on the side that would show the least. Im glad I bought this because it helps keep all of my jewelry in one easy to access place, complete with mirror. BTW the basket shown in bottom of their picture does not come with it.