Sauder Edge Water Computer Desk with Storage Drawers, Home Office, L: 59.06" x W: 23.23" x H: 29.02", Estate Black

This is a sharp looking desk. It arrived 5 days after placing my order on Saturday evening. It was packaged fairly well but could have been better, as there were loose pieces floating around inside the box that damaged the inside finishes on the drawer fronts. I repaired the minor damage after unpacking all the parts, cleaning them and bringing them into the house. Unpacking, vacuuming and cleaning all the parts took me over an hour. I pretty picky about things and like to start with a clean project. Assembly went pretty well, although the instructions could be better. In one step they show the parts arranged one way and in the next step them have the same parts reversed, which adds unnecessary confusion. I read plans for a living as well as provide detail drawings for our shop. I am also a very experienced do-it-yourselfer. Assembly took me close to 6 hours, not including clean up and putting my tools away.One of the things I do when putting this type of furniture together is touch up all miters, joints and finish seams such as around the edges of the top, drawers and doors. When complete this desk looks very nice. I built the utility cabinet, that matches this desk, a couple of weeks ago and was impressed by the quality of the hardware, fit and finish. The hardest part was the last drawer as I had to adjust the hardware to get the two drawers to line up perfectly. All in all it turned out very well. Time will tell how it holds up.The only negative I have is I wish this desk was 28" deep. I am farsighted and need my monitor about 2 feet away to see it well. I actually plan on extending the desk surface about 9", by putting in a continuous shelf, at the same level as the desk top.

I'm not really quite sure why there are so many comments about this taking all day to put this together. This was no different than any other piece of furniture that I have put together and it took a couple of hours. The screws and small items did come in one large bag, but I just emptied the bag and sorted the items before getting started on putting the desk together. The instructions were straight forward and easy to follow. I have no issues with the amount of time it took or the quality of the instructions.As for the quality of the desk, I think this is great quality for a very inexpensive desk! It's not solid wood, but I wouldn't expect that at this Price. It looks great and has plenty of adjustments to get all of the fittings of the drawers and doors just right (it did take some tweaking of the adjustments to get the drawers to open and close properly). I took the face off of the keyboard drawer as I did not like how it functioned with a keyboard and mouse (it just got in the way of reaching the keyboard and mouse). Fortunately, the drawer tucks in well under the desk and still looks great without the face on it.My only gripe about the desk is that you cannot move it once it is put together. If you lift the desk by the top, it will pull the top right off of the bases. I don't plan to move this too often, so I am not letting this issue impact my Rating. The reason that the desk cannot be moved by lifting the top of the desk is because the lock fasteners for the top to base are just not strong enough to support the weight of the bases. So, to move this desk, it will have to be lifted from under the bases.

I would have given this 5 stars but had to deduct one for the below CONs. This desk does look great and I am glad that I bought it. See pic of fully assembled/fixed (I will get around to cleaning up our cords...). My husband has long legs and he fits fine under this desk.PROs:- all bolts/etc were in a great package that separated and labeled each group of pieces.- most "wood" pieces were clearly labeled. Drawer sliders are too (except black ones that are used for the keyboard pull out) - just need to look (and counting the number of holes helps too).- assembly took a while but the instructions were clear. I did have a little help with flipping the desk to avoid scratching but otherwise I did it myself despite my "old" age (late 50's).CONs:- piece "J" was not marked- received a bent drawer slider (packed that way since shipping box was in great shape) [see pic]- drawer slider holes are not done well. Top drawer wound up being very tight to get in and thus wound up scratching the finish when jimmying drawer in. Bottom drawer holes were off about 1/4" on both sides so the drawer stuck out. [see pic] My fixes: used black Sharpie to color in scratches and drilled more drawer slider holes to line drawer up better. It looks good now.

The most surprising thing was how good it looks once it's assembled. The finish is really nice and the pictures online do not do it justice. It reflects and diffuses the light really nicely.The finish however is not durable. Mainly due to it being plywood. There are a couple places where the pieces got gouged by the cabinets during assembly, but you cannot see it. You'll probably also need to keep sharp metal or heavy metal objects off of your desk. Think about furniture made from a softwood like pine, but slightly less durable than that. However, for 200 dollars, it's a good purchase.While the assembly was definitely tedious, I was very impressed with the workmanship and how everything went together. It took probably 3-4 hours to assemble. But as a mechanical engineer, I've never seen a desk designed so well from an assembly & fasteners standpoint. Everything fit perfectly. The drawers can be adjusted easily and the door latches are also adjustable, so that the door doesn't sit crooked. All of the spring latches were also made from metal, rather than plastic and their spring force also feels quite sturdy.The unit was built IKEAesque, but it was surprisingly sturdy for plywood. Most of the pieces are 3/4 inch thick. The smaller pieces were still 1/2 plywood. As a fairly large man, I was unable to carry the box upstairs myself. Though I'd say it's a more than doable two person job.

It will take you at least an hour to put together, but it's very easy. Take your time and you will be happy with the results. The desk looks great.

Got this desk along time ago maybe like two years ago and now I’m writing a review because I have a lot of time on my hands but I store all my make up and the one side all my paperwork so it’s durable long lasting and very strong ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

Took a while to put this together but the results are good. Pretty much as advertised and looks good. Only issue I had was with assembly of the feet. The pre-drilled holes were just too small for the screws so I had to drill them out larger.

Nice desk, be prepared to spend a couple of hours putting it together.

very nice desk. very fast shipping