The instructions for putting this together are absolutely horrible. They are all pictures, no words, and the holes pictured on the pieces of wood in the instructions don't match up to how the holes are laid out on the actual pieces of wood. We ended up basically disregarding the instructions and just putting the screws and dowels where we could see they fit in the wood. I was missing three total parts that I had to request placements for.. Many times when I put a screw in the drilled hole, the paint chipped near the hole. There are a few scratches where the paint is already coming off but I didn't want to return it all just to put it back together again. It was worth it to me because it matched my trim and fit my space between my windows perfectly, but definitely not a high quality piece.