This was the hardest thing I've put together and here's why. I couldn't lift the box. I had to wait days nagging my husband kindly to bring said box in. This was so heavy there was no way I could lift this on my own. While the instructions were actually very thorough, it took two hours for me to just organize pieces and screw in parts again, being so heavy, I actually had to get my husband to help me. Which caused attitude.
Items I buy are intentional. My husband works swing shifts and hates building anything. That leaves me and chasing after our kiddo after 5PM during a work week. The amount of parts had me absolutely panicking she was going to choke on them or was going to misplace a single screw.
This should have came in two part packaging. I was so frustrated. I had planned my entire weekend around this coming in and spending a day building it and then adding my supplies for a craft cabinet.
All in all, If you know your husband will in fact spend the time putting this together for you this is such a nice cabinet. The quality of this is so amazing I am very impressed with it. Whoever packaged this, my hats off to you. Not a single thing damaged. I'd trust you with my life.
In terms of realism as a full time working mom, caring for her toddler and dreaming of a craft cabinet for the weekends it's just my daughter and I, this was a defeat to have to wait on help.
I have zero other complaints about this. It is a beautiful piece right down to the wood grain finish. It holds my cricut, label makers, printer, scanner, sewing machine, ribbon, paints, jewelry making, impression sets, and brushes well. I love the middle drawer for my sharps and my stationary. I had 4 plastic cabinet containers plus my machines in this cabinet. I really love this. It's extremely sturdy holding all of that. I adjusted one of the shelves for my machines but otherwise it was perfect fit.