Beautiful!  This desk is so heavy that it will take two of you to put it together, not because it's difficult to put together, because it's not, but because it is so heavy.  The desk went together so easy.  The top piece is complete and the shelf is in one piece.  You just put the back and the legs on.  Maybe 15 minutes.  I'm serious.  It's much prettier in person and you have a great deal of space on the top of the desk and on the shelf.