This desk is one of several pieces with the A frame supports style that complement each other.  The directions for this one were more complicated than most.  Step #6 should come before Steps #3, 4, and 5 because it is next to impossible to attach the top given the overlapping positions of the pieces - to get to the screw holes of the frame that the top is attached to.  We had to take the frame off in order to attach the top to pieces #7, 8, 9, and 10.