Showed up well packaged with no damage. All the assembly hardware was included. I finished it with Varathane gray weathered wood accelerator which was problematic. I have never used this finishing product and there was some overlap when it bled under the pieces that I was treating. Not the fault of the manufacturer. The wood is a dense hardwood with very little tannin. I was amazed that sanding prior to finishing it was really unnecessary. Assembly was not complicated and went smoothly. The only minor assembly issue was attaching the lower shelf. It would have been easier to attrach the L brackets if there were predrilled pilot holes for the screws.