This desk turned out great once it was put together, but the assembly was very difficult. I’ve really never had a problem putting together anything before, but the directions and all of the steps made this unnecessarily complicated. The materials and even the hardware were low quality, so the screws immediately stripped every time we tried to screw them in. You had to screw every piece together and if anything was slightly off, the top piece wouldn’t line up. It was very frustrating but at least the finished product looks nice.