"I received the nook in three different pieces. The first two pieces were the bench and the table. There were no issues. These were all in perfect shape. I still would have liked pre-drilled holes for the places where screws go. The dowels (sp) were a little big for most of the pre-drilled holes. Hammering them in concerned me because of the possibility of the wood splitting. The bench and table took all together about 40 minutes. The corner piece came on the third day. I unpacked all the pieces. The short part of the bench seat was cracked on one corner. It looked like it would be ok. I'm not sure it would be worth to return the whole thing. I'm not sure they would be able to return that one piece. Least of my worries. I got to the end of the set up. The two pieces that hold the corner piece together. This is where my headaches began. One of the pieces with the dowels (sp), was exactly 1/4 inch off. Again, drill new holes or dismantle the hole corner piece after 60 minutes of assembly. I forged ahead. The same pieces caused more headaches. There are holes under the corner platform holding the corner pieces up. Again no pre-drilled equaled split wood. Yes, split wood. Again disassemble or just forge ahead. There were a couple of other pieces that split a little on the dowels getting slightly hammered in. Over all I gave it 2 stars because of the assembly. Overall look, about 3 shakey stars. Degree of difficulty on a scale to 5, I'd give it a 3.5 because of the issues with unpredrilled holes. I may recommend it to a friend because I would help them."
