This piece is absolutely lovely. It took me about 2 1/2 hours to put it together, which was decidedly longer than what the instructions said, but I haven’t put anything this complicated together before so I expected that I would take longer. I did everything very carefully and slowly, and it really wasn’t hard, except when my daughter helped by putting some pieces firmly into the wrong holes when I went to the bathroom. The desk is a great size for my daughter’s bedroom. She has plenty of space to do her work, yet it doesn’t overwhelm the room by being too large. The color is great. It looks like wood. Seems sturdy enough. She is very happy with her more mature desk.