Putting this together took a long time and a lot of floor space. Probably took 4 hours for two people. It is constructed upside down, so they suggest putting it together on carpet, but I don’t have one in my house. They also suggested using the styrofoam sheets if you don’t have carpet. We tried this but it was very difficult with the small size of those sheets. It would have been brilliant if they put a plastic sticker over two desk tops to protect them, but they did not. Even being very careful with the construction we managed to get a few scratches on the top of the desk. This was very disappointing.