As other reviewers have noted, this is tough to put together. As a heads up, all of the parts have a letter written on the side in red marker, although this isn't mentioned in the instructions. Definitely is a two person job and requires a drill, but once it's assembled it looks great! Decent quality wood, a great looking finish, and the cushion is nice and firm. As others mentioned, you won't fit many shoes in the cubbies as they are quite small. Because of this we didn't put in a few of the wooden slats, leaving 4 larger cubbies, rather than 8 big ones.