Great news / maddening news. The desk looks and feels five times what it cost -- fantastic quality, solid as a brick and stylish -- and assembly only requires screwing on the legs and a support rail. There's the rub. The rail holes are too small and not deep enough to seat the rail making proper assembly impossible. This left three options: return the desk, make a trip to the hardware store for a 1/2" drill bit (don't expect to have one this big in your home kit), or use a smaller bit and router out the holes by eye. I chose the later option which was a frustrating pain in the ***. Also, a number of the pre-drilled holes for attaching the legs wouldn't line up. I eventually sorted it all out but here's a better solution: all high-paid executives running furniture companies get on the floor and assemble a pre-release prototype of their products. My guess is that shoddy quality control like this would spike in the right direction. I love the desk but be prepared to bust out the tools.