We love our desk! It's just what we were looking for it has that modern chic look to it and fits our living room theme to a T. If you have a lot of things that need to be put away in some desk draws it may not be for you. It can hold quite a few things but to us if there's a lot of things on the desk it can tend to look cluttered. The instructions were good it only took about an hour and 40 min to put together. It's a slim piece so it doesn't take up a lot of room which we were looking for. The only minor issue is that our desktop screen and keyboard doesn't fit without the panel being down but that isn't bad either because we keep it down anyway and like the look that it gives. The desk is pretty sturdy as well.