The desk looks great! Very rich looking and well made. No one would know it came unassembled! It is a BIG commitment of time and you need to be PATIENT! It took my husband 3 days (working on it 8 hours a day) to assemble it. It does need at least 2 people at the end to lift it upright. The directions need to be reviewed and rewritten so that they are more clear and specific. He had to redo a few things that were not clear. Some of the parts were not marked properly. The back piece should be reworked so that the seam is not right down the middle where you can see it easily.