Nice desk for the price. It came fast, in two very large, very heavy boxes. Both boxes were shrink-wrapped outside with thick plastic to help keep the items inside protected. There is very stiff cardboard edging inside to protect the pieces from damage as well. There are MANY pieces to this desk so block out a lot of time to put this big puzzle together. You may need two people for some parts such as lifting the desk up when you need to. It is particle board so please read instructions carefully-you don't want to make mistakes and try and take apart to reassemble as it will surely damage the desk. That being said, the instructions have really come a long way over the years and are SO much better explaining the steps and with much better illustrations. A real life/time saver is the million assembly nuts, bolts, etc., now come in one huge sheet of plastic in their own little compartments clearly labeled with the part number so you don't have to take that part out until you need it-no lost parts! Every part/piece I needed was included. Nice looking, heavy desk I hope to get much use out of as long as I don't abuse it. I got the cherry wood version, but it's actually more toward a dark brown color which is ok for my personal office. There is a lot of storage room on this desk which is great, and I am putting my printer on the far right of the desk surface and the CPU in the cabinet on bottom. It does come with a shelf to put in the CPU cabinet as well, but if you put your CPU unit in there the peg hole slots are too low to also install the shelf above the computer which is a con for the desk-wish the peg holes for the shelf went much further up. Had to adjust the cams a little to make the drawers line up and slide in and out smoothly but that was very easy as well with clear instructions on how to make the adjustments. I looked a long time to find a desk like this that checks almost all the boxes for me without breaking the bank.