My boyfriend assembled this for me as a surprise while I was sleeping and he said that it was really difficult to put together and that the instructions were unclear and confusing.  That being said, it's a nice solid piece of furniture for a good price.  My main issue with it is that the description said that it would be black, but it's not BLACK black.  It's more of a dark brown which is pretty disappointing as I was looking for a black tv stand.