I used this desk in a ever changing room in my house to create a home office for just me. The desk came in two large, heavy boxes containing about 100 pieces not including screws of course. It took me 6 hours day 1 and 3.5 day 2( my husbands head basically exploded when he saw what had to be put together. The instructions were somewhere in one of the boxes not visible at all so i took out ever piece and lined them up in numerical order. The assembly instructions(which you DEFINITELY need) are pictures only with no descriptions. The desk has a nice look but not the highest quality. Certain pieces had some small damages but once you start putting it together it is hard to go back, you are in too deep so to speak. Once put together it looks good with a decent amount of storage....Overall I am pleased now that it is finally whole.