At first glance, this desk looked as though it would be relatively hard to assemble. However, once I got started, it became quite simple. A couple times I put things on backwards, but it was easy to reverse them. Additionally, the instructions called for 4 screws most of the slides, but each had only 3 holes. However, three seemed to be sufficient. 

Overall, this was an excellent purchase that both looks good and is functionable. It is a great improvement on my writing desk that was falling apart.