The desk is great, the assembly instructions were ok, the desk was easy to put together, shipping was another story. When I made the purchase everything said it was in stock and would ship the next day, well nothing shipped for about a week. I ordered the desk chair and book shelf. From day of order until arival was 25 days. It did travel from California to Maryland, the company that did the delivery called and left a message Thursday I returned the call Friday and they did offer to deliver it on Saturday without me asking for Saturday delevery or even complaining about the time it had taken, so no complaints there. If it had not taken so long to get I think I would have given 5 stars instead of 4(4 1/2 if it was possable).