This set is gorgeous and fits our small dining room perfectly. I ran into the same issue that others mentioned with the last chair not fitting together properly. I took apart 2 of the other chairs, and switched pieces around, which fixed the issue. My advice is not to put in the screws, until you are sure all 4 chairs fit together properly. I put it together by myself with no issue. Maybe an hour total. I did not receive instructions, but it was pretty intuitive to put together.