My 11-year-old son and I were able to figure out the assembly on this just fine. However we found the wooden peg and hole assembly design to be quite frustrating and ineffective in holding the pieces together. We could not pick the desk up to move it without major pieces coming undone.  We are going to have to reassemble this time using wood glue in the holes before pushing the pieces together. The desk looks nice, however the assembly design is poor.