I love the look of this desk, it looks great in the room... it did come pretty beat up- it had too large dents and tears in the cardboard.   After inspecting the piece it did have two dents in the actual desk, thanksfully I was able to put them in the back of the desk!

The instructions were not super clear, and some pieces were not labeled.  While it was not difficult to figure it out it did take a lot longer to be sure it was built correctly.  The instructions did skip a step, so that could have been better but as I've put together a LOT of furniture like this I figured it out before having to dismantle pieces.

The drawers did not line up properly with the guide holes provided but I was able to adjust those after the fact!

The only reason I couldn't give it more stars was because of the instructions and damage- otherwise it is exactly as pictured.  With the open style "legs" at the bottom it helps keep your room looking large!