This might be a great bookcase. It certainly looks good in the photos. When you’re sent an item with “some assembly required”, you usually expect some form of assembly instructions – even just a few diagrams with labels and pidgin Chinglish directions such as “Introduce Tab A into Slot B to achieve harmonious society”. But there was nothing at all so a great deal of guesswork will be required. Luckily I used to assemble kit set furniture as a teenager so hopefully those skills have not deserted me – although the kitsets did have instructions, so … Ps edited, upgrading from a 1 to a 3 because yet again Mighty Ape's awesome customer support have saved the day and I now have a pdf of the assembly instructions :)

This might be a great bookcase. It certainly looks good in the photos. When you’re sent an item with “some assembly required”, you usually expect some form of assembly instructions – even just a few diagrams with labels and pidgin Chinglish directions such as “Introduce Tab A into Slot B to achieve harmonious society”. But there was nothing at all so a great deal of guesswork will be required. Luckily I used to assemble kit set furniture as a teenager so hopefully those skills have not deserted me – although the kitsets did have instructions, so …