The desk does look nice and is as pictured, and but did have a few minor scratches.  I was able to assemble it by myself and the instructions were pretty clear, but it took over 3 hours to get it put together.  Everything fit except for the back panel that covers the back side of the drawers/shelf side.  The holes that were drilled in the panel did not match the holes on the desk at all, so I had to make new holes in order to make it work.