Beautiful, sturdy, and well-made. Easy to assemble. Very heavy. My biggest issue is there are grooves in the top surface of the desk, by design. This was not apparent to me from the website description or pictures. You cannot use this as a writing surface because of the grooves. There were also 2 minor scratches on the desk (on on the edge of the desktop and one on the metal), as pictured. The scratches are unfortunate but  don’t impact the overall beauty or function of the desk. Those desktop grooves though...had I known, I wouldn’t have ordered this piece. (