The desk is very nice and appears quite sturdy.  My son assembled it for me yesterday while I was away and he only needed my husband's help for30 seconds.  Two things I want to mention- 1) it finger prints extremely easy so if you are a neat freak and that type of things bothers you I would look for a different desk.  2) I specifically looked for a desk with a keyboard drawer because I have a bad neck and my wrists cannot be on an upward angle.  My old desk had a keyboard drawer and my wrist were more flat.   While this desk is the same height this keyboard drawer is 2 to 3 inches higher so my wrists are on an upward angle causing me a lot of neck pain.   My chair is at it's highest level too so I was pretty miserable today sitting behind my nice looking new desk.   Not sure what I am going to do about the drawer issue yet but the desk is very attractive.