I bought three of these. Putting the first one together was a nightmare. Not because of bad instructions, not because it was confusing, but because they tell you not to tighten everything down until its all together.Yeah right… without two people, it was insane trying to hold it all in place, before actually tightening it because of possible damage to the wood. They give you this cheesy little phillips head, and expect you to hold it all in place, tighten it down by hand into the wood pieces that weren’t pre drilled. It took me hours. The second and third one I put together went much quicker. Maybe 20 minutes. BUT I glued, clamped, then screwed it all together with my DeWalt impact wrench. All in all, I love them. The wood is beautiful and solid. But what a frustrating couple of hours on the first one. I highly suggest gluing all pieces first.