Directions for putting it together were excellent! It took me about 2 hours to put this together by myself… I used my hubby to help flip it, but otherwise easy. Beautiful piece. I would have given it 5 stars, but one of the side boards was cracked and I thought I would have to send the whole unit back… the piece was in the middle and there was no damage to the shipping box, so an inspector was lazy and let it go… fortunately, we are a handy family and I made it work