This is a really nice bookshelf that gets lots of admiring comments because of its interesting shape. The assembly instructions were woefully unspecific and I (an amateur carpenter at best) had to reassemble it several times because certain points to watch out for (which side of the asymmetrical boards goes with which; which side of each board is back-facing and which is front-facing; etc.) were not clearly marked, but once I knew what I was doing it was an easy item to build.