My 11 year old daughter loves it in her room. We put a glass top on it to protect the surface and it looks great. It's exactly what she needed and will allow her years of use. The smell when you open the box is very strong. After I wiped it down and left a fan on in the room for a few days, the smell dissapated. My husband had to create new notches in the file drawer as the pre-existing cutouts did not fit the letter size hanging files. All in all, it's a great desk.