A lot of desk for the money and the wood really does have a nice dark walnut color. Quality materials other than the back panels of the credenza side. Besides being somewhat unattractive from that perspective, those are rather flimsy and two of them arrived with some damage.  In my space they’ll be against the wall so it doesn’t matter much, but if you were floating the desk it would be annoying. Took awhile to assemble but not because it was difficult - there’s just a lot of steps. So bottom line, as long as the credenza side is against a wall this is a great desk that offers a lot for the money.