I just put this together today - all went well except I needed to drill a new hole in one area that it should have been.  If we didn't have the wood drill bit, I would have been frustrated, but otherwise, it looks really nice and just like the picture.  As one other reviewer stated, the wood is untreated and one mark of crayon, paint, marker, etc and it's stained forever.  I'm going to add a Clear Polyurethane to prevent staining, but have not done so as of yet.  Excited for my 4 year old to receive this from Santa!