I'm showing you the shipping box and the instructions so you can see what you're getting into. There are a lot of screws. It is very nice that they give you the two tools you need to use. The only trick I would tell you is the back cross needs to be with the bow towards the outside. When you see it you'll know what I mean. It has nice feet you screw in so it does not ruin your wood floors. The pocket that hangs on the side you can see by the picture it holds very thick books it's pretty wide to my surprise. I love the color and the size is adequate. The only thing is you can see in the pictures there are what look like scratches in the pattern that I don't like. I'm just extremely picky. The wood town has a slight grayish color to it not to gray to look phony. I highly recommend this desk.