i ordered this shelf in white so that it was one less thing that my boyfriend didn’t have to build himself for our kitchen. the description says no assembly required. that is definitely not the case. this arrives in 2 boxes, completely disassembled along with wooden dowels, 3 sets of screws, wood glue, etc. if i wasn’t living with a carpenter i can tell you i would have had to return this because i dont own a screw gun. there were small chips in the corners of each long piece but they were covered after assembly which was fine. there is a curved piece that screws onto the very bottom of the shelf and it is almost yellow in comparison to the rest of the pieces. it’s not the same color. besides all if these faults (and after putting it together) and does accomplish what we wanted it for and fits the space perfectly so we’re still keeping it. but the description needs to be changed to suggest assembly required and tools not supplied.