Well they don't make furniture like they used to.  The first desk I received had three cracked pieces and I couldn't put it together in fear it wouldn't hold so I call and they sent me another desk and lo and behold it had two cracked boards but I was lucky and they weren't the same so I was able to use pieces from both desks to get one whole desk. The whole thing is made of pressed board to when putting together be careful how tight you put the screws in. All and all it turned out to be a nice desk. It's everything I needed in a desk.