This is a nice looking desk and very sturdy for the price. Assembly was relatively straightforward and painless and took about 2 hours. As other reviewers have stated, though, the packaging is a nightmare. The styrofoam gets everywhere (even caked in the nooks and crannies of the desk so as to inhibit assembly), and it is a huge waste- I filled 5 trash bags with styrofoam from the cleanup (not to mention all the smaller pebbles I had to vacuum directly off the furniture pieces). Also, the drawers don't slide super well, but I believe this is related to the styrofoam getting in the cracks and being unable to be removed.