It is a good desk for the price. My main issue is that the writing surface is very hard, and hard on the armselbows. It sounds odd to say but I don’t recall having this observation with other desks I’ve used at work or elsewhere in the past and this definitely is is an issue early on i will be purchasing a blotter of somw sort to counter the hard surace. But it looks really nice and I dfinitely wouldn’t say I am dissatisfied with the desk. It just is not a 55. I did find the shelves to be very spacious, which was a concern when I bought it. Nice industrial desk and very rich, dark top.