I bought this for my wife's home office. As a light-duty desk it is perfect.
Some caveats... This is NOT fine furniture made of 1 hardwood. It does NOT have heavy duty hardware and structural members. If you want to use this roughly, you should plan on buying used and/or paying a LOT more.
But for around $90 this is well-designed, well-made, fairly easy to assemble, and seems like it will stand up to light-to-medium duty for many years.
Assembly:
Parts are all clearly marked, including bolts. All nuts are already embedded in the wood, so you just line up the metal, and insert the supplied bolts. There are very few written directions, but there are about 6 steps of very clear pictures that need to be followed. It took me about 45 minutes by myself (not working very hard). I had NO problems with part alignment as another user suggested - my guess is they didn't follow instructions.
The only suggestion I would make is to put in all the bolts hand tight first, then when everything is adjusted, gently tighten all the bolts.
Some things I particularly liked:
Parts and bolts were clearly marked.
Clear pictures.
Single-tool assembly (an Allen wrench) and they provided three of them!
All bolts were separately packaged, with correct count.
They even went the extra mile and enclosed a bag that contained one extra tool, one extra of each size of bolt, and one extra foot.
What didn't I like?
Really nothing. I might wish for something a bit more heavy-duty, but for $90 I think I got more than what I paid for.
It was a bargain. My wife loves it!
Very well engineered - it was a bargain.
I bought this for my wife's home office. As a light-duty desk it is perfect. Some caveats... This is NOT fine furniture made of 1 hardwood. It does NOT have heavy duty hardware and structural members. If you want to use this roughly, you should plan on buying used and/or paying a LOT more. But for around $90 this is well-designed, well-made, fairly easy to assemble, and seems like it will stand up to light-to-medium duty for many years. Assembly: Parts are all clearly marked, including bolts. All nuts are already embedded in the wood, so you just line up the metal, and insert the supplied bolts. There are very few written directions, but there are about 6 steps of very clear pictures that need to be followed. It took me about 45 minutes by myself (not working very hard). I had NO problems with part alignment as another user suggested - my guess is they didn't follow instructions. The only suggestion I would make is to put in all the bolts hand tight first, then when everything is adjusted, gently tighten all the bolts. Some things I particularly liked: Parts and bolts were clearly marked. Clear pictures. Single-tool assembly (an Allen wrench) and they provided three of them! All bolts were separately packaged, with correct count. They even went the extra mile and enclosed a bag that contained one extra tool, one extra of each size of bolt, and one extra foot. What didn't I like? Really nothing. I might wish for something a bit more heavy-duty, but for $90 I think I got more than what I paid for. It was a bargain. My wife loves it!