This definitely required 2 people to set up. Lucky for me, I bought this for each of my sons and they helped me assemble them. Not only are these very sturdy and nice looking but my teen and preteen LOVE the LED feature. My only suggestion is to get a separate adhesive strip (I got mine from Hobby Lobby) because the supplied tape adhesive strips were not strong enough and the led strips kept falling off and/ or drooping. Otherwise, I have very happy kids and a happy momma!