These Winsome furniture pieces are excellent value for the money--you're paying the same price as an Ik*a piece, but you're getting something made of real wood. Yes, as some reviewers have mentioned, the wood may occasionally have knots or other irregularities, but that's natural in real wood. It was relatively easy to assemble: the legs need to be attached (by 2 screw bolts apiece) into the top, four dowels need to be pushed into the lower part of the legs in order to hold the bottom shelf, and the drawer knob needs to be held on by a screw. I would say it took me about 35 minutes to assemble using the small pitiful wrench provided; if I owned a better wrench, I probably could have done the job in 15 minutes.TWO TIPS:(1) The four legs are NOT interchangeable: each leg must be attached so that its dowel holes face toward the long dimension (23") of the furniture, in order to properly support the printer shelf. I laboriously screwed in 2 of the legs before I realized that. I would suggest that you insert the dowels before you attach the legs, so that you can easily visualize which leg needs to be attached at each corner of the table.(2) It isn't easy to screw in the legs if the furniture is being assembled while inverted on the floor; I placed the inverted table on top of my(properly protected) dining room table, and thus was able to screw in the legs without bending over.I should say that I also bought the Winsome Wood Computer desk, and these 2 pieces of furniture are very practical, give a large surface area for doing work, and make a nice matched set at a very reasonable price. I've only had the 2 items for a month or so, and can't comment on their long-term sturdiness, but based on their overall construction I'm sure they'll give good value for the money. Hey, if you want something that can be passed down to your great-grandchildren, maybe buy something for 5x the price from P*t*ry B*rn, but for the price, this is a good piece of REAL WOOD furniture (from Thailand). And contrary to some of the other reviewers, I had no problem with damage from 'poor packing'; both pieces of furniture arrived without any shipping damage.
Rating:
[5 of 5 Stars!]