If you are single and have no friends don't buy this shelf or buy this shelf and go knock on your neighbor's door to help build it. When the instructions show two little men, meaning it takes two to tango with this piece believe it.  Normally I can build furniture that show two little men.  Not the case with this.  Once I did knock on my neighbor's door and asked is she could lend me a hand, the shelf went together fairly easy. They manufacturer supplies these little plastic "washers", they kind of suck and you need to use two screwdrivers simultaneously to get them to "lock" into place.  I got one to stay but the other one did not. It will stay together because of the shelves, but I am not going to put anything too heavy on it.  It was good for what I need it for, which is to hold some hair products next to my vanity. Decent price for the quality.