It's totally what I expected (once I figured out that I had to shove the castors into their slots as opposed to threading them in like a screw). But there's a piece that seems to be either unnecessary or I just didn't put it in the right spot. It's not called out in the directions and since it doesn't seem to make a difference one way or the other, I'm not going to bother continuing to try and figure out where it needs to go. It's on the desk in the photo added to this review.