I bought this for my six and a half year old daughter and we didn't open it for a few months (til it rained). However, when we opened it we realised that all the paints had gone solid or were too thick to paint with. Fortunately we had some other paints so not too much trauma but I felt it was a poor product. The assembly is straightforward despite no instructions but bit fiddly as you have to glue it and hold a number of pieces together simultaneously. My daughter couldn't do it and I found it a bit fiddly so my daughter lost a bit of interest in the project. However, it fits together well - the drawers go in. Once finished it looks nice but bear in mind it is very small. The drawers are matchbox size (from a small matchbox at the top to maybe the size of a kitchen matchbox for the bottom drawer) so you won't pack much jewellery in it.