giving 5 stars to this writing desk for sure. first it's looking good, i loved it at the first sight when i saw it on line. it is even better in real. second it's very solid and well-made. just a little tip about the assembly: although it's easy, you may need to put legs and the metal bar together before inserting them into the desk top. the instruction is on the oppsite: it shows to put 2 legs and then place the metal bar in between the legs, which we tried first, then realized that the metal bar will scrach the legs no matter how careful you are. so we took legs down, assemble them with metal bar and then it just went great. overall, it's a very good writing desk and i definately recommand to buy.