Sturdy, beautiful, I love it so much!!! ... But it took me 8 hours to put it together. I am 30 years old, 120 lbs. fairly athletic woman, and I did it alone, but it was eternal. Came in a thousand pieces so get ready for a full-day project. It comes in two extremely heavy boxes, I was barely capable to put them up the four steps to my porch. I had to open them and bring the desk in pieces to the second floor.