I purchased two of these desks. The instructions were pretty easy to follow (my mind set is: find the instructions, read the instructions and then follow the instructions).  After assembly, the desks are very sturdy.  Helps to have two people for the assembly. Also, the boxes are very heavy. Moving them into the house and to the bedroom locations was a challenge (we needed our two wheeler to move them). It would help to have handles on the carton to move boxes.