Bought this for my son to use. It is not solid wood, but I did not expect that in this price range. I was pleasantly surprised with the quality of the desk for the price. The top and some of the front pieces are a higher (stronger) quality wood product. It does have many pieces and assembly required, but again I was expecting this for the price range. The instructions were very easy to follow with pictures and even You Tube videos available to aid. The major pieces were labeled so it was easy to correlate with the instruction booklet.  I did not need the videos, but nice to know it is available. The overall appearance is very nice. I am happy with this purchase. 

This article arrived exactly according to the scheduled date I was informed of, which was also a pleasant surprise.