Took my husband and I two days to put it together but it is beautiful! Took one day to set poles, reinforce, and do frame. Day 2 he did the outside work and I put the louvers together inside the house and we brought them out section by sections. Added lights and we enjoy it. My only suggestion is we didn't know which was we should put the louvers. I googled and found the answer that you should do opposite of the sun ...so the louvers should run north south for more shade coverage. Not one screw or piece was missing. We bought all the pressure treated wood ahead of time since we read the PDF online and knew what to get.