I've put together a lot of furniture over the years, and this was possibly the most frustrating piece I've ever had to put together. The directions could not have been any more useless if they tried. References to taking "favorite relaxant of choice", ordering pizza and Netflix were just a few of the "steps". Pieces should have been labeled up/down, as there were some that clearly had a right side and a wrong side, and only way to differentiate that was through trial and error. Only giving this more than 1 star because once assembled, for the price point, it's a good piece of looking furniture. Not sure it was worth all the hassle and headaches.