Very happy with the desk. The engineered wood means that there is a lighter coloured line that borders each veneer, somewhat outlining the whole desk. I've put together a decent amount of 'follow-the-instruction' furniture, and these instructions were nice and easy to follow, hardware was well labeled, however a couple of the larger wooden pieces a had lost their label at some point before packaging. Took me just over 2 hours to put together by myself.