Comes fully assembled.  Quality is what I expected for the price and the look is clean and sleek.  No one will want to sit on this but it's great for kicking your feet up while binge watching.  I bought this as an extender for the matching "sleeper loveseat" knowing that the loveseat would be too short for someone to sleep on without this.  Turns out I much prefer the ottoman to the loveseat.  At least this adds an aesthetic without any expectation of it being functional on its own.