I was very apprehensive about this set because of the scary reviews about putting it together. In fact, this sat in the boxes for a couple of weeks because my husband & I were waiting on one weekend day where we had about 4-5 hours to devote to putting this thing together. When I started setting everything around, in sections, to prepare for the task ahead of us - I realized that this was going to be EASY!  I put this whole set together by myself in 1 hour. Whoever thinks this is hard to put together must not do any work around the house whatsoever.  If you have the skills to hang a picture on the wall or other simple household tasks like that, you'll be able to tackle this easily!  It looks great too, cushions are comfortable. We're enjoying the set!