Solid desk for the price.  Sturdy, and looks great.  Great to have both the drawer space and the open cubbyhole to put a laptop, files, etc. By myself, it took me about 2 hours to put together (with a power screwdriver). As another review mentioned, there is one somewhat confusing picture in the instructions - I actually skipped that one, completed the rest of the desk drawers, and then came back to the confusing section after I had "eliminated" more parts, and it was a little easier to figure out what I had to do with the remaining hardware.