Husband estimates this beast took about 300 screws. No lie. I love the overall look of it. It is not solid wood, but LOOKS like it is. It has nice finishes and details on it but it comes in two flat packages and the assembly did take us four hours---but in all fairness I had wine and took a Tylenol PM so I  only counted as half a person.  The only negative my husband (the assembler) would give is that the mitered edges do not come together perfectly. It's nothing I would ever notice as a normal person but it's something that bothers him.  I got a great deal on it and it was free shipping so I still would buy it again even knowing how long it took to put together.