For some reason, this was really difficult to put together.  When we tried to put the top on, we couldn't get the pieces on the left back side to line up.  After a couple hours of taking things in and out, we ended up taking the hardware out of that section so the top could lay flat.  I will use some glue to secure it.  The directions are also very difficult to follow and do not include needed details, so you may put things together on a wrong side, then have to take it apart and redo.  It looks nice once it is done.  We had put together the same line coffee table, which had been really easy.  I was surprised how difficult this was in comparison.