Studio Designs Eclipse Center, Black with White

If this had been a little easier to assemble, it would have 5 stars! That being said, this is a very NICE drafting/arts & craft table! I ordered another brand that looks like this model. It was a terrible desk and was a extremely cheap manufactured desk! It was sold under the name Zeny.https://smile.amazon.com/ZENY-Drafting-Tabletop-Crafting-Architect/dp/B074R9VZ1M/ref=redir_mobile_desktop?ie=UTF8&aaxitk=E8xum3xLynrxGI-QUm-Q8A&hsa_cr_id=5458264990301&pd_rd_plhdr=t&pd_rd_r=2bc1b415-0d60-40de-9c10-4130925f7498&pd_rd_w=H6stu&pd_rd_wg=i8gqm&ref_=sbx_be_s_sparkle_mcd_asin_2_imgI had to get a refund on it in less than two weeks after putting it together. It only had one incline arm and it was so flimsy that the first time it was raised, it collapsed and ripped out of the table top.Now, this desk that I am reviewing right now is NOT like that other one at all! It has two very sturdy adjustment arms for lifting the table top up at an incline. Both of the table tops (main and side one) have a nice textured coating on them and are a flat/matte finish. They almost feel like they have a rubber texture which gives a good grip to what is on the table top. I make Paracord projects and I also do a lot of paintings on canvas. I needsomething I could do both at. This desk allows me to do all of my projects.This is solidly built. It has a Metal (aluminum) body and parts. The table tops are more than likely hard pressed particleboard coated with a rubbery laminate. The adjustable arms are pretty sturdy and they are easily adjustable. To raise, just lift up from the top of the table a d adjust to your desired incline. When you want to lower it, you have to completely raise it and the. Lower to the position you want.My only complaint about this desk/table is the difficulty in putting it together. Why? Because some of the predrilled holes are either not in the right place or they are off just enough that if there are not two people putting it together, it's not going to get put together!The angled pieces on the bottom corners of the table top that are used with the adjustment arms were bent. After taking a hammer and lightly tapping on them, we were able to get them into the correct position to correctly assemble the raising and lowering arms.On the main body of the desk, the holes to assemble the box holding the drawers are misaligned. If you place the box on the bottom hole first, (misaligned one) and then proceed to put the box together, you can slightly bend the box arms just enough to assemble it completely. Again, it takes two people to accomplish this as one person has to hold the pieces together very tightly to get the long bolts to go completely through the holes. We also had to use a hammer to knock the last bolt through its hole to attach the top box's iron bar. Doing this caused the side table top holes to be misaligned on one corner. After some finagling, we were able to get the final bolt in to attach the side table top. (Don't you just love proper building terms like finagling? lol )All in all, this is a nice desk/drafting table. I will warn you that you should not tighten everything down as you go. If you tighten everything down completely as you go, you are going to make assembling this desk a lot harder than it already is. Wait until you have gotten everything put together and then completely tighten everything down. This will save you a lot of time and quite possible prevent any new curse words being invented :) My husband created 3 new words! I got a pretty good laugh about them!Now, if you have to assemble this by yourself, if you do not already own any, you should invest in a good pair of channel locks. Trust me... you WILL need them! You will also need a hammer and a phillip's head screw driver and an Allen wrench which was included with the various screws, nuts and bolts. I also had to use separate nuts and a couple of bolts since the packaging containing all of the parts was damaged and one of the self tightening nuts and 2 bolts were missing. The box that the desk was shipped in had several holes in it and some of them had been taped over. Not sure if this was from the shipping company (UPS) or if the people shipping it taped them up... regardless, one of the nuts and two bolts were missing when the desk arrived. Thankfully, I keep extra nuts and bolts from older projects or products when they are thrown out in case of things like this. Luckily, I had the right size nuts and bolts to finish putting the desk together. One corner of the desk was chipped. A little black paint covered it up.There is also a stool that comes with the desk. That thing had two holes that were not in the right place. We had to drill new holes to be able to put it together. Needless to say, it will not be used by human buttocks. I am going to be repurposing it to be used as a cat perch... I think I will add some scratching posts to it... lol....I do believe this desk will last quite a long time. It's got a few quirks but I do like it.

I bought 3 of these bad boys and let me tell you they are amazing. I got each one of my teenagers one of these for Christmas and they were amazing super easy to put together & super durable & very sturdy .I could not be happier these are super nice art desk if you have someone who's an artist definitely this is a great purchase for them I would definitely recommend this.

My 16 year old received this from me. She put it together herself. It does all she wanted and more. Her only complaint was that the stool was a little wabbly, one leg is just a tiny bit shorter than the others so we taped on a bit of cardboard from the box to stabilize it. So now it's perfect! The table itself is sturdy and not wabbly.

The wife loves it ad was easy to assemble!

Bought the desk as a Christmas present for my wife. She loves it and draws at it everyday.Pretty easy to build. It would have gone faster with another set of hands.

I was having a great time putting this together until I got to the drawers... the allen bolt will not attach to the leg...

Aesthetics: The wooden tops with the metal frame body, both in all black, gives a nice sleek appearance. The fabric drawers have no stitching issues and I'm hoping their promised weight limit holds up to its durability in the future. There seems to be a chipped part under the main wood top corner; either due to poor shipping/packaging or a manufacturer defect for quality control. The middle leg has an etched marking and there was a small piece of metal rattling inside the bar that connects the middle and left legs.Build: When screwing on the brackets, I did run into a problem where some of the screws didn't tighten good; some kept spiraling at a certain point, but it was still secured enough (hopefully). Although there was some quality issues, the materials still feel genuine and not made from cheap material. Well sturdy frame and took me near 2 hours to fully complete since I am a slow and careful builder.Besides the few quality issues I had, I would say it is overall a great crafting table from the design to the well built frame for a no wobble experience. Would recommend.

Upon first impressions this desk is everything I thought it would be. From some reviews, I was a bit apprehensive the assembly would be difficult but it really was not difficult if you FOLLOW the instructions. It took me hours but I’m slow with things like that; with an average person I can’t see this being more than a 2 hour process. One thing to mention is the pencil ledge did not look like it’s picture in the instructions. It was also the only part of the assembly that I had to measure to center it to the main board because there were no drill holes for the screws. Another thing that was sort of a let down was the fact that there was one small “lump” on the main desk surface that I can see potentially being a problem with drawing straight lines and such. That is more of a point that no one can really help because it is more of a manufacturing error.One thing that I originally did not think I’d like, but ended up being surprised by was the drawers. I was afraid that the material would be cheap and the drawers wold be flimsy. I found them to not have those issues upon first impression. The bottom of the drawer seems durable enough to hold heavier items like glue or paints. Maybe over time the drawers could lose their rigidity, but for now they seem durable. The desk seems stable and has a very sharp look. Excellent purchase.

Goodness, this is such a beautiful desk! Very versatile and sturdy, dependable, a lovely finish, plenty of working space and storage - the whole thing more than meets my needs. I've never had a desk that ratchets up, but I certainly wish I'd had one years ago - it would've saved my back so much pain!My one major complaint, as a few other reviewers have noted, is this was a real challenge to build. The instructions were complicated and unclear, the screws and parts were very poorly labeled, I was missing 2 screws altogether, and I also had one unfortunate piece where the pre-prepared bore-hole was too small for the screw attached, so I had to skip putting that one in completely. Let's not even talk about building the stool, lol.Long story short, as long as you can get through the terrible construction phase, the end result of this is great! I'm very happy to have this desk, and can't wait to re-start my art projects using it.

Sturdy and well-designed table. I bought this for my son who likes to draw and do graphic designs. It arrived via Canada Post and the box was damaged, so therefore one of the corners on the desk was chipped. We decided to keep it as the chip was underneath and not readily seen. The table was relatively easy to put together and it feels pretty solid once that is done. My teenage son likes the style as well as the well-organized design of the table. He has everything at hand with the three storage drawers and the bottom shelf.

It was just what I was looking for, I have limited space so anything bigger wouldn't have fit, it's just the right size. The little ledges the drawers (sturdy cloth just in case you are wondering) sit on could be a bit wider but other than that, I am very happy with it. I found it quite easy to put together by myself and had it up in no time but I am someone who is used to assembling things. What I wasn't impressed with was the FedEx delivery. It got lost on the way to me and arrived a week late, FedEx had no clue where it was when I checked the tracking code on their site. The box was almost shredded to the point where the parts could have fallen out when I went to lift it, so getting it into the house was a bit of a challenge, it looked like it had been thrown around but thankfully nothing was broken or damaged. We rate the products and sellers on here, I feel like there should be a "rate delivery company" area on here too, I was not at all impress with fedex!

Exactly as shown and very sturdy. Definitely worth the money. The setup instructions aren't the best but it was pretty easy to set up. Would definitely recommend for any artist.

Very great product. It seems pretty sturdy, the drawer is so cute too love it. But I had a hard time assembling it tho.