Looked like it was going to be easy to put together, but the hooks that connect box to lid were near to impossible to get right...in fact, we broke one trying, and the box doesn't close exactly right.  If I were using it outside in the elements, it wouldn't be water secure.  I should have returned it, but it was just too much trouble, and it will work for the purpose I'm using it, but if it were out where guests could see it, I would have returned it.