It is a very good desk and looks very nice when finished. It has a lot of 'real' wood in it and is very heavy and sturdy. It takes a long time to put together and needs a fair amount of know how in order to make it turn out properly. It is really nice to have three file drawers! The one on the left pedestal is the top two drawers together, which from the outside looks like two smaller drawers but it is one big file drawer. This is good for what we need. Only complaint is that there was a few bits of marking on a drawer -- not enough that we'd send it back but a bit frustrating as it appeared to have had the marks on it prior to being shipped.