Packaged well, arrived just as described. Assembled by myself in less than an hour. Two points of criticism; one of the tiny screws was stripped, but I have a tupperware of random screws that easily replaced it so this wasn't a big deal for me. Although the instructions were straight forward, not all the pieces were labelled and I did have to do a little thinking, but again this doesn't bother me, just saying if this is a pet peeve for anyone maybe look elsewhere but this is a really lovely, pretty little filing cabinet that I would still highly recommend!