Sauder Carson Forge Vintage Rustic Computer Desk for Home Office with Drawers, in Washington Cherry

Very sturdy and heavy and the texture feels good and durable. Overall appearance is good. I really like it and recommend! Instructions were a bit off but manageable.

This looks very nice in the room. I don't believe that it will hold up to multiple moves but not any worse than other particle board constructed furniture. The assembly was very straight forward and was pretty well laid out in the instructions. There are also QR codes to YouTube videos that are hosted on their site (sauder.com). The complaint here is that the QR code takes you to a site that is not https so it is flagged as unsafe, this should be easy to resolve by Sauder and absolutely should be fixed. The fitment of the hardware and the materials was on target with only a couple of areas that could have been just a bit better for tolerances or alignment. One issue was that part 'Y' (one of the legs) in step 3 didn't have a decal and I didn't see it in the box indicating that it wasn't there to start with. Some of the part numbers are stamped and others have stickers. In this case the other legs all had stickers and 'Y' was not marked with either method. Process of elimination allowed me to find it but had another not been marked it would have taken some research into the parts pre drilled holes to determine this part. Step 10 has you install part 'Z' which shows the finish surface on one side but the end has a finished and unfinished surface. I took the time to ensure that it was oriented finished end toward the front but it appeared it may screw in either way. Also incorrect orientation would likely end up with the drawer rail being incorrectly aligned. Step 19 has 4 sub steps and in sub step 1 there is a not telling you which hardware and the number used (very nice addition throughout) but I took a double take. It indicated 10 used in this step, meaning in step 19 not the sub step, which only uses 5. Not a big deal but could easily be improved by stating 10 used in step 19 to be much more clear. None of these missing instruction improvements would prevent a person who is paying attention from assembly it would just make it that much clearer. The drawer slides have a slot for the front screw allowing for slight vertical adjustment to square the drawers up after installation and I find that to be a nice touch. If you have ever put together this style of furniture without that you are limited in aligning the drawers to one another or with the frame of the desk. A nice touch is the recess in the desktop that supports their Qi charger (Item 425905) over the drawer section so you could just set your wireless charge capable device over the target sticker (that comes with item 425905) to charge. I was unaware of this in their listing on Amazon as it didn't mention it and should be added (it is mentioned in the listing on the Sauder website). There are book shelves, dressers, a lateral file, and even an armoire available that are in the Carson Forge style for complimentary looking furniture. Overall a great product and assembly experience.

I just received and assembled this today, and am writing this short review from a keyboard sitting on it.First of all, the box it is shipped in is, as you might expect, fairly large (mostly long, as it has to include the desktop piece, after all), and quite heavy. The shipping slip said 122lbs, and it feels every ounce of it, especially as there is no place to really grab it. It was left at my door, and I was able to bring it inside, although not super easily. I am a male, 6'3, and over 220lbs, just for reference. If you are a smaller person, you may need help.I was placing the desk upstairs, and being by myself, there was no way to carry the box up alone - I just took the pieces up over several loads.I was pleased to see that the instructions were mostly foolproof. It will take a while to assemble - I think it took me all of four hours, although I suppose I could have done it in three. I was trying to not make some dumb mistake, so I was double checking myself. Nothing too difficult, it's just quite a few pieces to put together. You'll mostly use a phillips head screwdriver.Build quality is good, I would say, as far as these cheaper desks go. I did run into two minor instances, one where a piece of decorative wood didn't want to slide over a pair of screw, so I just didn't use it (you really don't notice it), and also one wood dowel hole didn't quite easily line up, so I skipped it.One drawer rubs when I open or close it, but I'm pretty sure I can fix that, there is some play in the screwholes for the drawer runners. Call that user error.I am pretty pleased for the price. The desk feels very solid - you don't get any wobbling or shaking from normal use, you really need to try to make it shake. I have it on a carpeted floor. Very nice looking, too. Leg room under the desk is very ample, I'd say.For the price, I would definitely recommend this for people who don't have an issue doing the assembly. Assembly is quite straightforward, you just need to set aside the time. I would love to have a solid cherry desk just like this, but it would be very heavy, and expensive. This fits the bill for me.