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

Okay, I bought this desk after reading all the reviews about how difficult and confusing it is to put together, here to tell our story. My husband and I both have our bachelors degree, and we are in a good stable marriage of over 5 years. We have two young kids and one on the way. I went into this warning him that this may take a while, and we should start after our kids go to bed. By 8pm he had everything unpacked and was starting the first step. We easily saw all the labeling, and the directions were very specific. You just have to pay attention to the pictures. We were done by 10pm. Highly recommend 2 screwdrivers (one of ours ratcheted which he LOVED).Fast forward 3 weeks, we love the desk so much we bought another one. This time we put it together while our kids were awake. We set a stopwatch and completed the whole build in 1:46. This is a very reasonable desk to put together, and for something from Amazon, we believe it is decently high quality. Love all the little accent pieces and how sturdy it is. The drawers didn't align as expected, but for the cost, this was a great (double) purchase for us.

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.

This is a functional piece of furniture and fairly nice looking. Sauder gives much better directions than does IKEA and other brands in this category. It is very important that you do things in the exact order given, it is not easy to fix mistakes. I did make a few mistakes, but I am happy with the overall look of completed product.

It took me over 2 years to find a desk that I liked enough to buy that wasn't outrageously expensive for a home office desk in a small space. The directions were very straightforward and easy to understand. Especially, it was a great idea to put in the size of the screws that went into each component in the diagrams. All the pieces fit together quite well. I am happy with my purchase.

This is a really pretty desk. That’s really well-made and it looks like it’s super high-quality. Like it doesn’t look like a particleboard paper coating desk. It’s really pretty very solid.

nice color, perfect size.

This desk. Dear lord, this desk. This is a desk that should be a requirement for all couples who are interested in getting married to put together. If a couple can accomplish this without arguing, then you have a keeper. Get married. My husband and I had such a frustrating time at first and then we left it in pieces on the floor and ignored it for a full week. We returned with a new POV. It was going to be a fricken adventure to accomplish this mission. We wanted to win. And so we reread everything. Tackled all the complexities. Figured out what panel was what, because some had letters on stickers and some.had letters written on the side, in the wood. It felt like one of those "Can you escape" application games. You had to look at every piece inside and out, and then - look. a little. deeper. It was the craziest desk I ever put together with my husband, and once it was done we ended up valuing that s.o.b desk for all the struggle and strife it had us go through. We found a way to appreciate that %%^@> desk. But I wouldn't recommend anyone putting together unless you are prepared mentally for a shake down. This item has too many pieces that come out of that heavy box. It was like 100 clowns exiting a teeny car - had no idea how all of that fit in there... but it did. In the end the desk looks nice. But it was a pure bitch-and-a-half to put together..

It's a very nice desk and for the most part easy to assemble, but time consuming. However, when assembling be careful with small plastic pieces that attach the back to the sides of the 2 drawers on the right. They arrive stuck together. One of mine snapped as I separated them. Sauder is sending a replacement part. Should arrive in a few days. So customer service is good. Just a bit frustrating to be so close to finishing and having to wait for a replacement part.