It came packaged well but the styrofoam ended up all over the place! The instructions do not have any words, only photos and steps of what to put together first, second, third, etc. That's okay except it's difficult to know what side and what end to put together and that took some figuring out. I'm a 60 y.o. woman and it took me 2.5 hours to put together by myself. I had to ask my husband help me with one of the steps. It's definitely the size stated and looks like the photo. No surprises there. I purchased it to put in our pass-thru to the house so my husband has a place for his 'stuff' to land before coming into the house.