While I really like aspects of this desk, I think it could have been made to look better.  It's got great storage and a really good set up.  Although it's pressboard, I would prefer if people didn't know it was pressboard on sight and you will know.  It's the little details that this desk is missing.  The veneers should match up seamlessly and they just don't.  You can see a small gap between the top and the sides and it just looks like pressboard.  For the price we paid for this item, I just expected it to look closer to real wood.