I was a little wary from some of the reviews on this desk. First, I was worried about the shipping. It arrived with no issues. It was packed well with styrofoam surrounding all sides of the desk (see pic). There were some small holes in the outside of the shipping box but did not penetrate the styrofoam. Second, I was worried about the writing surface of the desk. While there is a very slight texture to the desktop (see pics), it had zero effect on me writing on it. I took a single sheet of paper and a pen and wrote what I wanted cleanly with no problems. I could barely feel the texture when writing, but caused me no problems. I guess if you are a calligrapher and write with fine tip pens, maybe you have an issue??? I'm really not sure what the issue is with some folks writing on this desk. Third, I was worried about the sturdiness of the desk. Relatively speaking, it is a cheap desk and didn't want to deal with a wobbly desk. I saw there were a few other brands that had a very similar desk, but I went with Tribesigns because the desk weighed about 30% more and supposedly supports 900 lbs on it (competitors were around 300 lbs). It looked like the the additional weight was in the thickness of the table top and the additional support in the legs. I decided if a desk is going to be sturdy, Tribesigns was the best bet. After the desk was put together, no issues at all with wobbling. It does only weight circa 60 lbs so you can bump it and move it more easily than say the desks that weigh hundreds of pounds (that you pay a lot more money for), but that is to be expected. When I write or type of the desk, not a single issue...nice and sturdy. Lastly, I was worried about the quality of the desk. I wanted to attach a metal compact pencil drawer to the particle board table top (see pic). I wasn't sure how the desk would hold to drilling, screwing, and the weight of the drawer but ran into absolutely zero problems. It was a nice addition to the desk. As far as the assembling of the desk, I ran into none of the problems others talked about. The only thing I noticed is the legs will very slightly bow if you tighten the screws really tight (legs are hallow). I didn't tighten mine overly tight...just nice and snug...didn't effect the sturdiness. If I had to complain about anything with this desk, it would be the support bar that hangs under the desk. It takes up about 2 more inches of space and when you add it to the 1 inch table top, you lose 3 inches of the height. I'm 6'3 and losing any height in a desk is kind of a pain, but I decided to work around it...what is losing an inch or two off a 29+ inch high desk top...it wasn't worth me not buying the desk. The other complaint I had is I couldn't find the 63 inch desk anywhere and had to go with the 55 inch. Again, not a deal breaker, but did like that option. Lastly, for my own selfish reasons, I wish there was a support bar that ran at the back bottom of the desk. I could use it as a pedestal but more importantly to hide wires that run on the floor (i.e. power cord from wall outlet to computer, etc.). The desk does not come equipped with any cable management features, so I will have to get creative in how to hide/blend wires with the desk. Overall, I recommend this desk to anyone that is looking for a no frills budget desk. It is not the most exciting (from a features standpoint) but the quality is really good (for what you pay) and looks really nice in the room.

I see a lot of complaints about assembly, namely of the desktop portion. I can definitely see where that could be a problem, two big things to note about this desks assembly is that the desktop bolts could definitely be stripped out of the wood very easily. They screw into plastic inserts in the wood, if you over-torque those, itll spin the plastic inserts. I saw that risk pretty early on and didnt have that problem, but i see others have. Do not overtorque the desktop, it just needs to be tight enough to not move and to lay flat. You loosen them up slightly and tap the boards around the edges to line them up, its 5 pieces in total and as long as the center piece is in there mostly straight, the rest straightens out fine.

The other thing to note about this desk is that much like the desktop, the main frame bolts have no protection against you overtorquing them, now the potential for damage there is much lower since you would need to crank on them quite a lot to get it to pull a bolt through the threads, but its more like you have no indicator of when to stop screwing them in.
The square tubing will start bending in well before it feels like youre at a stopping point. I found everything was most snug when the bolts were ever so slightly pulled in. Its not really visible in my picture but each bolt on the longest main square tubing sections are dented in slightly, but i could easily keep going, and one of them i had to back off a bit because im pretty sure if i kept going it would pull threads out.
Just keep that in mind. Otherwise it was pretty easy to put together, i did it solo in about 30 minutes. Most of that time is spent getting everything out of the box and organizing it.
There wasnt any question about which piece is which or which bolts are which, its all well labeled and makes sense.
It doesnt really tell you how to put it together, but i recommend doing the desktop surface pieces while its upside down on the ground, provided youre ok to flip it back over when youre done, as the desk when its just a frame is light, but with the desktop is very heavy.
The other option is to put the desktop panels in when the frame is flipped over, and this is probably better if youre ok with crouching under the desk while you fasten it in. I personally dont want to decimate my back so i did not do that, i just lifted one side up and slipped a panel in at a time until it was all secure, then flipped the desk and started aligning the panels better.

Sturdy, easy to assemble, and looks good. This desk was worth the investment. Well built and rather quick to assemble when you have parts and pieces organized. A second helper is a bonus to hand you the next parts needed while following the assembly chart, but not necessary. When finished, it felt sturdy and indeed stays sturdy even when you outfit it with whatever desktop items you have. It looks good and is even larger than it seems with great depth so you aren’t forced to be just inches away from your monitors. It comes with clear corner bumpers, but the adhesive seemed old or ‘melted’ so getting the backs off of the tiny sections in the bumpers was challenging. The bumpers also will come off easily due to their adhesive weakness, but that can be easily remedied with your own double sided tape of some sort if you choose. I would recommend this desk to anyone looking for something worth the price, well built (if you build it right, of course), and fashionable. Be mindful that the underside edge of the tabletop has very little space until you reach the frame, so clamps or modifications relying on some sort of lip edge can be hit or miss. Very happy with this desk. I am confident it will last a very long time no matter what it is used for.