I cannot say enough good things about this piece of furniture. It took my husband and I under 2 hours to put together. I recommend laying all the pieces out in numerical order; and after you put together the bottom base and flip it over, I would wait until towards the end to completely tighten all the structural pieces together, as there are some things that needed a little wiggle room for installation. This stand is so sturdy and beautiful and I LOVE the fireplace. Another discovery- use acetone to help take the sticker off the glass of the fireplace after you peel what you can off, then alternate between that and olive oil. Definitely a lot of elbow grease goes into taking a sticker off- that would be my only con- but totally worth it.