Bests & Worsts Reviews from Amazon

Okay, maybe not the "desk of my dreams," but it definitely has fulfilled the need I had and was not a nightmare in any way. After sitting on my living room floor since mid-March with my coffee table for a "desk" due to the stay-at-home order, I decided last weekend that it was time to get a desk. I hadn't previously because there is limited space in my apartment and maybe I was sort of in denial that this would all go on for so long. But, I finally faced reality, and I spent all day last Saturday looking at desks on every possible website. I measured the space and read reviews and looked at pictures and compared them all until my eyes bled. This isn't exactly a product that is easy to return if it doesn't work out! I placed all my hopes in the 39-inch size and Teak coloring (to match a dresser in the room). *insert watery-eyed anime icon here* It arrived a couple hours ago and, in all honesty, it exceeded my expectations (which, to be fair, were pretty low): I needed something minimalistic and compact that could hold all the things I needed to pile onto it while still being kind of attractive, but not so pretty that it became impractical and that didn't make me cry during assembly. Okay, enough story-telling and getting to the point. First, I am posting a picture of it in the space because as a real person researching desks, I found that the pictures from REAL people in their REAL homes (not staged ones) were essential to my understanding of the product and how it might work for me. Second, I shall concisely go over all the things that were major points of interest for me while looking at a million other reviews and how this product stood up to it all: - It came when they said it would, exactly on the day - It fit exactly into the space I had available (you can see from the picture I am not kidding, there is no room to spare), which I was concerned about even though I had measured the space (so silly, but I am a "have to see it to believe it kind of person") - I was able to arrange both my monitors, my laptop (hidden under brown envelope on the left to cover up the obvious company-related stickers), my keyboard and wrist rest, my mouse and mouse pad, and my docking station - It was not too heavy for me get upstairs by myself (this is saying a lot because I am a weakling) - The packaging was very compact (which, translated, means "it wasn't too awkward to lug around for a short time") - There were no dings or other unfortunate damage due to shipping - It was easy to unpack and assemble alone--I'd say 40-ish minutes for me (yet even that is not fair because it was not complicated, but I have long nails and had to work carefully, so if you are fingernail-conscious, this is the desk for you, as I assembled it without breaking a nail!) and for the non-fingernail-conscious I'd go 30 mins - It had all the parts it was supposed to - It had all the holes it was supposed to - I did not need extra tools of any kind to assemble it and the Allen wrench that was provided did what I needed it to do - The instructions were good, but I am a tech writer and can always find fault ;) There were a couple bits I basically ignored because they make no sense or seemed incorrect but they did not impede my ability to complete assembly - You can see all the stuff I have on it, and it's holding up like a champ - I feel like I got my money's worth You may not be the desk of my dreams, Coleshome Computer Desk, but you are very successfully fulfilling an immediate need. I will certainly come back to this review to update if I feel for some reason the desk is not a dream but a nightmare, but for now I am over the moon and can't wait to start tomorrow's work day!