I'll get right to the point.  The instructions for this item are "terrible". No thought whatsoever was put into writing these instructions. It took over 3hrs to put together. It got to a point we didn't even bother to look at the "so called directions". Wayfair you need to let this vendor know how bad these instructions are. Once we finished I was quite pleased with the outcome.  No way in the world can I give this 5 stars.