This desk is really neat looking and I thought it was the prefect match for what I was looking for. The pieces do not latch together on this at all. We have taken this thing apart and back together several times and my husband is a carpenter. This was not worth the $400.00 I spent. Huge inconvenience and disappointment. The instructions might as well be in another language. The wood itself it good quality-- get new parts and directions to have happier customers.