The desk came in alot of pieces. I asked my husband to put it together while I was away working. He said it was not too difficult, but it took 2 hours.  The back of the desk where the cabinet is does not have a wood backing, it's a piece of thin mdf or cardboard type material. They give you small black panel nails to attach it.  If i would have known this, I would not have purchased.  I wanted to place the desk floating in the room, facing the doorway, but it is really ugly to see that piece of cardboard. I had no choice but to keep it  since my husband spent hours  putting it together and threw out the packaging.