This is an extremely nice, solid desk except for the fact that the back of the desk is completely unfinished. We were planning on having the back of the desk face the door to the office but the back is the ugly, unfinished particle board. Other than that, good, solid desk. It took me about 2 hours to assemble but I had no problems. As long as you carefully read the instructions you should not have any problems. I only had one extra part when I was finished. :)