This 80 year old female managed to put this desk together by myself. The only trouble I had was with the drawers. I didn't have enough power to get the screws for the drawer rails in flush ans so a friend of mine came to the rescue and got them in flush so that the drawers work perfectly. I love the desk, except for one small thing. I assumed that the third drawer was for hanging files. Unfortunately they don't. It is just a deep drawer. Other than that, this is a very nice looking unit.