This desk is gorgeous and sturdy.  It is perfect for my space.  The only reason I dropped a star is because the instructions to assemble the desk are ridiculously difficult to follow.  I pride myself in being able to build a piece of furniture on my own.  It is therapeutic for me.  Not this desk.  It literally took me over an hour just to figure out the keyboard drawer!  The instructions are just pictures with numbers but everything is TINY.  I could NOT figure it out.  Finally I discovered the issue.  It was all because the tiny pictures did not specify which holes to use with what pole/screw.  Ughhhhh hours and a few wine glasses later, I finished and now have a beautiful desk.