This is a beautiful desk when it is assembled. However, it was a frustrating experience putting it together because the boards were all mislabelled. Therefore, we could not follow the assembly instructions based on the board numbers. The hardware was labelled correctly, so that helped us figure out how to put it together, but it was a lot of guess work. The base of the cube shelf with the doors was also not aligned to the shelves properly. The screws were all an inch off so we decided to screw in our own screws from the tops to make sure it was secure. Otherwise, it would not fit on the way the instructions showed. The packaging was also very poor. Because it was not packaged well there were a few nicks and scratches, which was disappointing because we are buying it new... I would not recommend this desk to someone who wants the assembly to be easy. It was very challenging to figure out the mislabeled pieces.