I applaud the other reviewers who said this was easy to assemble...I have pretty much assembled every piece of furniture I have ever owned and I found putting this together pretty unnerving. The table chairs have to aligned just so and the whole thing wabbles while screwing it and it is pretty hard, definitely a two person job. Once it is done it looks beautiful and very nice quality. I ordered the set that comes with two tables two sets of chairs, to sit 8. One of my boxes was missing all the screws, so we could not put it together. Although the table and chair pieces are labeled, the screws are not so it is very confusing when putting together, especially given the missing pieces. I contacted the seller and will update my review after. Overall I really like this set, but I really hope I can finish putting it together and I will be really frustrated if I have to disassemble the while thing to return it if I don't get the screws.** Update** The seller was very responsive and immediately sent me a packet of the missing hardware and I was able to put the set together and it looks beautiful. The tables were a little tough to put together but the chairs were easy, my 15 year old and 6 year old son worked on them and only needed help tightening the bolts. My daughter was able to host her birthday tea party and it was wonderful and the tables and chairs looked very classy and expensive. I have received many compliments, I am very happy with this purchase. Thank you!