I really like this bench. Be very careful taking it out of the box. One of the pre-installed screws pulled out of the press board when I took it out of the box so I had a neighbor come and help me put it back in with some wood glue, but it is holding together just fine. Other than that little snafu, I put it together myself. It took about 3 hours, I think. It was a while ago, so I don't remember exactly.