I love this desk!  It matches the description, but lots of pieces.  I read the reviews before I ordered it, and some people said it took them 9 hours to put together, and that it took two people.  I did it all alone, (except for the larger of the two tops) and it took me 5 hours, and that was with waiting for my husband to get home to help me put the largest part of the top on.  I have put a lot of furniture together, and I have never had such clear cut directions as this desk was.  Everything was presorted, packaged, and numbered/lettered.  No regrets on this purchase!