We wanted to save time and pay for professional assembly service but don’t know why they don’t offer it anymore. So we ended up put together ourself, took 3 hours for 2 ppl. It’s actually not hard. Very pretty media console, has the retro look I was looking for, very hard to find a piece this good looking at this price range. We didn’t get damaged piece but 4 of the screws from the bottom of the condole did fall out at first night, we just forget about it as long as we don’t try to move it I think we will be fine.