Again, another item which arrived in a torn box with unreadable instructions. My husband & I began putting this together. It went pretty well until the seat lid. It went on to the point of being stuck, half open/half closed & would not move either way. That took about two hours. We gave up & asked our handyman for help. He too was confused by the whole thing, but managed to finish it in about an hour. It's a nice piece & works well (now). Still... if you don't have someone to help it may not be worth the effort.