Just bought this for my daughter in white.  It's a great student desk.  We did switch out the knobs to jazz it up a bit.  My husband assembled it very quickly so I would discount the reviews that said it was challenging. My only complaint would be that whenever she drawers or colors it seems that the colors and lead seem to fade on to the white so I now have her place a notebook or piece of paper under whatever she is writing.  Otherwise we have no complaints and the desk works and looks great. It is very sturdy too.