Lets start with the shipping part. The legs were in two pieces just so that they would fit better in a square box, but that made everything harder to assemble. The small bolts had squared corners which were supposed to fit in the square holes. but they did not always line up and the shoulders of the bolts that were supposed to hold the nut in place was very soft material, and began to roll in the square hole, making it very difficult to bolt together. It took me at least an hour to assembly and I still have holes that will not align . I guess I will either send it back or drill separate holes and assemble with real bolts.