The desk arrived in good shape, lots of pieces,  It took two of us about 6 hours to get it together
even after we reversed the drawer slides.  Did not notice until we tried to put the drawers in.  Took a few minutes to correct our mistake.  The instruction book is very long but well done.  The desk is up and we are very happy with it.  I did take off the key board front piece as it seemed to get in the way.  Overall we are very satisfied and would order again.