This piece was exactly what my Living Room needed.  When I first looked at the directions I thought I was in over my head.  Once I laid all the pieces out on the ground and separated everything (whilst pouring a big glass of wine) I got to work.  It didn't take me as long as I thought it was going to.  The toughest part was the screws for the backboard.  They weren't going in very nicely so I took a drill.  Other than that, I got it together with me, myself and I in about 90 minutes and two hefty glasses of wine.  I get compliments on this every time someone comes over and it's a piece I enjoy looking at.