After 5 hours, I wanted to burn this beautiful bar to ashes.  I finally did get it together without giving in and using my nail gun.   Some of the pre-drilled holes had to be chiseled larger to accommodate the hardware supplied.  The wine rack appears to be cardboard, which turned out to be good, since I had to bend it to get the pieces in as shown in the instruction book.  It is gorgeous for the price though, and the perfect height...just don't expect to get it put together in less than a few hours.