It took an engineer and honor's high school student three and half hours to assemble. The material is flimsy. When finished, both drawers do  not work properly. The smaller drawer must be lifted up to slide in and out while the long drawer rubs against the side and has already rubbed the finish off of the desk. We read the reviews that stated the assembly was difficult; but, did not expect the extreme poor quality of product. In hindsight, I would spend more money to get a better made product and hope that the assembly process is easier. Extremely disappointed.