To say that this desk takes a long time to put together is an understatement....I clocked out at just around 6 hours. Be ready to commit half of your day to figuring this thing out. And be sure to read the directions super, super carefully, because many of the parts look similar and the stickers had already fallen off many of the labeled pieces, so it turned into a guessing game pretty quick! Also, this desk is over 200 pounds.....so yeh, its heavy! I am already loathing having to move into my next house because it will probably take an hour to partially disassemble this desk again, and then put it back together. This was my first wayfair purchase and I do not think this desk is worth close to $500.00 that I paid for it. It looks nice though....