Most of this piece is solid wood, which is nice. But putting this piece together was a lot harder than the typical particle board type furniture. You definitely need a power screwdriver. I assembled this myself in about 3 hours. One of the pieces was not labeled, but I was able to figure it out with the process of elimination. The wood is so sparsely painted, like the thinnest one coat layer that it’s almost transparent. I was disappointed at first, but after assembling the whole piece, it does look “white” and not unless I’m 6 inches away, I can’t notice how sparsely painted this is. The piece that covers the back was poorly cut and you can see the damaged hole where the wires are supposed to go through. I’ll have to contact Wayfair about getting a replacement for that. But overall, I’m satisfied with the piece and if you are willing to put in the elbow grease to put it together, it will last a while.