The stand is beautiful. It was difficult to put together, took about 5 hours. Directions are just pictures, no written instructions at all. it would have been helpful if they had labeled the different parts with arrows of some kind - in the middle of the process we realized one of the corner boards was facing the wrong way and had to take the entire thing apart and start over. 

Pros: nice piece, looks great
Cons: hard to put together, directions are unclear.