I was so excited about this desk. The instructions were easy to follow (except for requiring the wrong screws at one step which I eventually figured out). It is a very sturdy desk, beautiful, spacious drawers.  The issue is, it's almost useless to me! The desk is short to begin with. It would be manageable, however the piece the holds the legs on is about 2 inches long, so every time I pull my chair in (chair is at it's lowest setting), my knees hit it. Ow!  If I want to sit at the desk I have to stick my knees under the piece so I cannot even sit properly. I work from home so I need to sit at the desk all day, 5 days a week. I guess you get what you pay for. Just seems odd to me they would manufacture a desk that people cannot sit at comfortably.  If I could return it, I would, but now it's put together so I don't think I can. Just so disappointed.