The desk is overall very nice, however the packing protection leaves a lot to be desired. Most of the pieces are not wrapped for protection, I had a number of chips, cracks and gouges. Fortunately many of them were in areas not too visible and the ones that were I was able to touch up with a black marker. The assembly was not difficult other than many pieces had no identification letters on them so it involved some guess work. I was not dissatisfied with the end result only with the needless damage due to inadequate packing. The shipping box also seemed too light for the weight of the desk. It appeared to have been re-taped by Fedex to keep it together and not lose parts.