I moved to a different state so have recent experience assembling furniture with numbered pieces. This desk was the 4th item I assembled in the last 60 days and the last (hopefully) in this lifetime. It took 4 days to assemble the desk as far as it was possible to assemble it. The box was in good shape with no apparent damage, and that was the end of the good news. A few pieces had their number stamped on them. The rest relied on small bits of paper with one side slightly sticky and the number on the other side. I unpacked everything to organize the assembly process. I ended up with three stacks of parts. The smallest stack was the parts that were clearly marked. Another stack were parts with no numbers, and the last stack were parts with two or more numbers on them. At that point, If I could have gotten it all back in the box I would have returned it. The assembly instructions are a joke. Good luck following them and figuring out what part goes where. Some parts require up to 8 screws or pegs to be inserted, but there are more holes in the piece. It is up to you to figure out which holes to use. I've assembled it, after 4 days, as far as it is possible. The good news, the desk top itself seems stable. The bad news is that I have two drawers that don't fit, and a cabinet door that won't fit. I will need to disassemble part of the desk to make the door fit. The bottom line is, this desk is not worth the money, time wasted, nor the frustration. I would only recommend this product to someone that I really, really disliked.
