When putting this desk together, you absolutely must look at every picture, there are no written directions.  If you follow them very closely, you'll be fine.  I had to take apart a couple of pieces because I didn't follow EXACTLY what the picture showed, though I was certain I had.   It took a very long time, all day in fact and the product is really heavy.  You will be building 2 drawers also, which is where I messed up earlier and had to drill holes because I didn't want to take the entire product apart.   My advice:  pay to have the desk assembled.  Also I put a 'leg' on both ends of the table otherwise I would have lost the entire width of the table which lays on top of the desk section.  You'll understand this once it's assembled.  Extremely frustrating to put together for 2 old folks!