Directions are in picture form. Some of the pictures weren’t very easy to see (printed fuzzy), but I was able to figure it out after a couple of mishaps. The only thing I had issue with were some very short (1 inch) screws that hold the drawer rollers to the stretchers inside the unit. The holes for those screws were not deep enough and I had a heck of a time getting them snug enough. I tried re-drilling the holes, but wasn’t really successful. I cranked down on the screws with a manual screwdriver because my cordless one couldn’t make them budge past a certain point. Some of the screw heads became stripped from having to be so hard on them. The result is wiggly drawers, but what can you expect from the price paid? I am using this as an entry table and it looks nice.