My husband and I just completed assembly on this desk two days ago. We are extremely pleased with the finished product. It looks just as shown. The instruction book was detailed and not confusing. It was a great project for us to do together. We followed the instructions step by step for easy assembly. We are senior citizens, he is 70 and I am 62. The hardest part for us was moving it into place because it is a very heavy piece of furniture. I would recommend anyone looking for a good quality l shaped desk to consider this one.