my boyfriend and i put this together last night - spent about 65$ total at home depot and in my opinion it is well worth it! not too hard to put together or design. we had a lot of fun. it is now in the birds room just so they can get used to the sight of it - i will try to put them on it when i feel they will be comfortable enough. hoping my 2 conures, and my new baby that is coming in august love the stand!!