This desk is beautiful and easy to assemble.  Two of us assembled the desk in less than 20 minutes.  One could do the job, but the desk is very heavy and it required 2 of us to lift and move the desk.  Some people gave a poor rating to the desk saying that the back brace between the legs was too long.  Maybe they tried to insert it after the legs were installed.  The bolts holding the legs cannot be totally tight so that the brace can be inserted between the legs then tighten the legs.  This was not clear in the instructions, but I have assembled enough furniture to realize that the bar must be inserted before the legs completely tightened.