Sauder Heritage Hill Executive Desk, Classic Cherry finish

This is a fabulous desk and is well worth the price! The look of the desk is awesome and others will compliment you many times over for the purchase of it. Here are a few things to keep in mind: (1) The desk is heavy to have the delivery people to put it where it will be assembled (2) It is important to put the desk pieces and screws in alphabetical order (3) Have 2 people for assembly (4) Follow drawings closely (5) Drawer handles must face you (6) Assemble and insert drawers correctly (7) Have drill AND screwdriver handy (8) There is a small, black (almost triangular) drawer release lever on the metal rods of BOTH sides of drawers if you've put a drawer in the wrong drawer slot. Press BOTH release levers up or down and pull out the drawer (9) If a drawer won't go in, it most likely means that you have assembled the drawer backwards. You can easily correct this. I like this purchase and will highly recommend it!!.

I am very happy with this desk. I have had it for about a year now and have no problems with it. It looks great, it is very sturdy, and it was easy to assemble.

I had to replace a Sauder desk due to water damage. It was a pain to assemble, but I new that. All in all, a good value for your money. The assembled desk looks fabulous. I would like to suggest that the manufacturer come uo with adjustable legs for the desk, because the parsticle board it is made from will not stand any water damage. Nowing this, I fastened 2x4 boards to the inside of the uprights and put adjustable legs on them. Now a water leak in the house will not destroy a desk that I put a lot of hours into putting it together,

I actually got this because of the keyboard drawer but I don't like the front folding down causing more distance between you and the desk. You can't really do any work at the desk with the drawer out without leaning so far forward that is it is uncomfortable. Also, the hole in the top of the desk is right in the middle towards the back where you would usually put a monitor, so I had to buy a monitor stand to resolve this. I have read it has taken about 6 hours to put together, some commenting less, some commenting more. It took me a little over 4 hours. It says not to use a drill but I used one anyway. I set it on a low torque setting and it was fine, just start each screw manually first. It looks great, is a good sized desk & sturdy. It would be better if it had pull out panels above each top drawer for added work space though! I see the price has gone up $75 since I bought mine about 2 weeks ago. I was going to say it is an awesome desk, especially for the price but if you bought it now it would still be a great deal, just not as good as what I paid!

First one got destroyed in a move, so I bought another one at my new house. It's very solid, easy to put together, and is extremely useful. I love the color, and has plenty of room for activities. Excellent way to stay organized and increase productivity.

The engineered wood desk had poor quality. The drawers are unsteady. The desk is not painted. The very thin (less than 1 mm) paper is glued to its surface, it is easily scratched and torn. Due to its bad quality the desk is obviously overpriced.

Of all the furniture I've put together over the years, this one had me the most apprehensive, mainly because it's the biggest with the most parts. It's also the first Sauder product I've bought, so in spite of the positive reviews on their other products, I wasn't sure. As my star rating shows, my worries were unfounded. The desk came in two boxes due to it's size and weight - this is close to 200 lbs of furniture so it's solid. The parts in the box were well laid out and protected, and there were no scratches or cracks. For the most part, the pieces of lumber were numbered for easy identification, but for some reason a few weren't. By process of elimination, it was easy to figure out what was what, and the hardware was also pretty easy to manage - in spite of there being over 130 screws of 11 different sizes, it wasn't bad at all. It says all you'll need is a screw driver and a hammer, but I also used a rubber mallet a few times and would recommend one. Of all the furniture I've put together, this piece had the best instructions. Very well written and illustrated, and easy to follow. There were a few steps when putting the file drawers together that I had to intuitively figure things out, but it was nothing major. Though I put this together by myself, I would recommend having someone help, if for no other step than when you have to flip it right-side up. Overall it took me almost six hours to finish. I've been using the finished product for a week now and am very pleased. It's looks great and has a very solid feel. The drawers slide out well and are smooth, and the edges where pieces meet are flush. If there was one quibble I have it would be the keyboard drawer - when you flip open the front, it doesn't slide out of the way, which puts me further from the keyboard than I prefer. Still, an excellent value, and I've since ordered a Sauder bookcase to go with it.

This desk has several features that I had not paid attention to before I bought it. Drawer depth is enough to accommodate file standard files. The top finish is easily cleaned using a commercial aerosol furniture care product. (SC Johnson -Favor Lemon furniture polish). The lower drawer on left pedestal has a locking feature with key. Center of top has a gang port for computer and other electronics connections. Desk assembly was a little difficult. Screws on the drawer assemblies would extended too far into the drawer glide space making it difficult to close. About 20 minutes of adjusting the assembly and everything works as expected. I am very pleased with the product and the sale price.