Excellent value and, with some mods, makes a great mini graphics workstation
Overall Im very happy with the desk and the results it can bring. You really do need some experience in building knock-down furniture - expect about 2 hours of assembly, mostly due to the fact that you must assemble the double drawers from scratch, nothing comes even a bit preassembled. It is *not* hard, just a bit time consuming and carefully note if any holes are covered by the laminate overwrap; if so, as the instructions indicate, just use the tip of your screwdriver to carefully open the laminate to access the needed assembly holes.
Otherwise assembly went along just like any other knock-down kit, very smooth with no issues. Instructions are clear for those with the noted experience, and hardware is of good quality. Make sure you tighten all fasteners, especially the leg to desk ones - personally I dont recommend power tools as it is all too easy to over torque some of the fasteners in certain areas. Fully hand assembled works best here.
I really like the rear storage compartment, which holds a power strip with the laptop power supply and cellphone charger, plus extra accessories like a lens or two (explained below). The front drawers are really handy even if a bit shallow, about 1.5 inches deep each. Still, they could not really make them deeper without impacting leg room for big folk, so they work out nicely.
For me exclusively the foil to my plans was that they used epoxy undermount drawer glides, which is very typical but only allow the drawers to open about 2/3 of the way. So I bought 14-inch ball bearing drawer glides with over travel from (they have issues, see my review) and did the conversion (about 2 hours in itself, a bit of a chore but worth it).
The drawers now extend out past the edge of the desk (see photo), converting the drawer to the equivalent of a keyboard tray.
I added interior guides cut from premade 1x0.75 inch moulding and placed my large Wacom tablet inside. I now have, with modest effort, a mini graphics workstation that fit into my small den space; the tablet tray hides away when I dont need it.
Overall really happy with the outcome of this, almost everyone was sold out of anything functional yet space efficient. Thanks Mobili!
Excellent value and, with some mods, makes a great mini graphics workstation
Overall Im very happy with the desk and the results it can bring. You really do need some experience in building knock-down furniture - expect about 2 hours of assembly, mostly due to the fact that you must assemble the double drawers from scratch, nothing comes even a bit preassembled. It is *not* hard, just a bit time consuming and carefully note if any holes are covered by the laminate overwrap; if so, as the instructions indicate, just use the tip of your screwdriver to carefully open the laminate to access the needed assembly holes. Otherwise assembly went along just like any other knock-down kit, very smooth with no issues. Instructions are clear for those with the noted experience, and hardware is of good quality. Make sure you tighten all fasteners, especially the leg to desk ones - personally I dont recommend power tools as it is all too easy to over torque some of the fasteners in certain areas. Fully hand assembled works best here. I really like the rear storage compartment, which holds a power strip with the laptop power supply and cellphone charger, plus extra accessories like a lens or two (explained below). The front drawers are really handy even if a bit shallow, about 1.5 inches deep each. Still, they could not really make them deeper without impacting leg room for big folk, so they work out nicely. For me exclusively the foil to my plans was that they used epoxy undermount drawer glides, which is very typical but only allow the drawers to open about 2/3 of the way. So I bought 14-inch ball bearing drawer glides with over travel from (they have issues, see my review) and did the conversion (about 2 hours in itself, a bit of a chore but worth it). The drawers now extend out past the edge of the desk (see photo), converting the drawer to the equivalent of a keyboard tray. I added interior guides cut from premade 1x0.75 inch moulding and placed my large Wacom tablet inside. I now have, with modest effort, a mini graphics workstation that fit into my small den space; the tablet tray hides away when I dont need it. Overall really happy with the outcome of this, almost everyone was sold out of anything functional yet space efficient. Thanks Mobili!