This item was poorly packaged and as a result some of the parts had scratches/marks. The instructions are reasonable to follow but the 12 stage process took me well over an hour to put this together. The item itself looks good but the materials are of a very poor quality. Some parts are glued together which is never a good sign of quality workmanship. Having said this I didn't pay a great deal for this so my expectations were low. I am not expecting it to last very long but it will do for the time being. After all you get what you pay for!