This turned out super cute! My daughter wanted to paint it, so we made it into a craft project, and she picked out the colors.This was relatively easy to put together. However, two of the wooden connector sticks broke in half inside one of the sets of 1 & 2 boards (which was a pain). I always use wood glue to reinforce those little wooden connectors for these types of projects, so it was impossible to get them out of the holes when they broke.The manufacturer did provide extra wooden sticks, so if I was able to get them out, I could have used the backups. Instead, I glued the two boards together and used the extra set of metal clips and screws to secure it (extra metal clips and screws were included, too - much appreciated!).Also, the instructions make it look like the cords should go on the outside of the middle brackets, but that wouldn't hold the stuffies as well, in my opinion. So, I strung them through the inside of the middle brackets.Overall, I give 5 stars because the broken piece could have just been a user error caused by using too much force to push the pieces together. I appreciate that they included a few extra backup pieces in the event of an accident or misplacement.