I did need another set of hands putting it together, but despite the other reviews I didn't have any issues following the instructions. However, there were a couple of discrepancies, like the # of holes in the F (I think) board ~ supposed to have on one side two holes for pegs and two for screws, but it only had one hole for the peg, and one other thing, but I can't recall it at the moment (I want to say that a portion was backwards toward the end). Also it uses an allen key (provided), but that was mainly the only pain to deal with. As noted by other reviewers, though, those stickers included are too cheap looking, shiny, and come off easily ~ it would have been better to have a matte/texture to them similar to the bookcase finish.