I myself have a home improvement license as well as an electrical contracting license and found this item to indeed be poorly manufactured. Several past reviews claimed that doors didn't work and took a while to assemble. The right side door hinges that were previously installed where not aligned right on the door itself. I had to move them down about 1/8 inch by drilling new holes to allow the door to close properly. The top of the cabinet has two screw blocks underneath to hold it to the base. It too had alignment issues. One screw block was installed upside down by the manufacturer and I had to flip it to allow the screws to align with other pre-drilled holes. Overall, it looks nice and as long as your somewhat handy and good at assembling furniture you should be able to figure it all out.