I was at a furniture store and saw a desk of this style for $2700--far outside my budget. I was, thus, delighted when I found this similar style desk for $400. It is clearly particle board and the veneer, while I think it looks fine, would not fool anyone into thinking it is real wood grain. I am completely pleased with this economical version of the desk. Now I have the cool style at only a tiny fraction of the price. Putting it together took several hours. Unfortunately the holes for one of the drawers were in the wrong place on one side. However, as we have a drill at home, we were able to fix this. The drawers move smoothly. The metal tracks have multiple sets of holes. Thus make sure you screw them in so the front part of the track is about an inch from the front edge of the desk. Otherwise if it is flush with the desk, the drawers won't go all the way in. We made this mistake the first time but it was easy (albeit time consuming) to fix. I've enjoyed using the desk to work from home. Notably, if you put a lot of pressure on the top of the desk in the middle, you can feel a bit of give. Thus, I would not put anything heavy. Nor would I sit or stand on it. For working on my computer, it is fantastic. The large drawer has two metal rods that you can choose whether to have for letter or legal hanging file folders. The shipping was very fast (about a week when I ordered). They deliver the flat pack desk in a box to the house but we needed to bring it inside to the room where it will be.

Not pleased due to inferior instructions

I have much experiance working with ready to assemble minimalistic furniture and feel your instructions were lacking. This was not only frustrating from an assembly standpoint but it ultimately resulted in permanent damage as well as misalignment of the finished product. Specifically the draw Track Illustrations Need to be visibly larger to determine the details for attaching them and they should indivually numbered. But most importantly a warning should be posted regarding the small wood pegs and the glue. Instructions should clearly illustrate with greater detail that the wood pegs must be inputted as far down as possible when gluing because if glue drys before assembly is completed this will cause misalignments and damage that can't be corrected as the glue has already hardened. This is what happened to me. I feel it all could have been avoided if Better instructions were provided. It is disappointing to have a brand new piece of furniture in my home that is already damaged.