Palladia L Shaped Desk with Drawers, Office Desk with File Cabinet Storage, Cable Management, Keyboard Tray, in Vintage Oak Finish

I love this desk, assembly instructions are easy to follow. Assembly time was 4-5 hours. This desk is durable and has a lot of storage capacity. I am a repeat customer, I purchased this same desk in black 11 years ago and this year decided to redecorate my office and purchased the same desk in grey. In my opinion other desks do not compare to the quality, style, durability, or price as the Sauder brand. I would strongly recommend this product for your home office.

This thing arrived in quickly in two separate cartons. The cartons were very heavy! We (the wife and me) opened up the first carton and then proceeded to carry a few boards at a time up to my second floor office. There are a LOT of pieces! So after taking a break after getting all the pieces upstairs we began the daunting task of putting this beast together. There are many steps involved and not all the pieces were marked appropriately. Even the manual that came with the desk at one point stated: Don't worry, this isn't Rome. It can be built in a day. Well maybe it could be built by someone who put these things together full-time but it took us an entire weekend (and I'm normally rather handy at building things like these). The end result is totally worth it though. I was refurnishing my office and this desk, along with the matching bookshelf and filing cabinet, completed the look I was going for: Form, function, style. One tip though: Do NOT use a cordless drill as you will strip the compressed wood (which is what this desk is made from). Use a screwdriver. It also helps to have a buddy with the final stages as connecting the two pieces of the "L" would be very difficult with just one person. Overall, I'm satisfied with the quality, look, and price of this piece and glad I bought it.

Decent quality for the price! Took some time to put together. Highly recommend two people. We ordered the l-shaped desk, two drawer and three bookcases. It took us and our adult son a full day to put everything together. It does chip fairly easily but, honestly, I expect that with particle wood furniture. Looks great in our space! If you are looking for decently priced home office furniture, I say go for it! Just remember you aren’t buying Haverty or Ethan Allen.

Both packages containing the materials and parts for assembling the Sauder Palladia L-Shaped Desk, Vintage Oak finish were delivered on time. However, the overall excitement soon turned into cautious optimism upon remembering what I had previously read online: 'that while it is not hard to assemble, it did take time.' The individual packages were heavy. I received assistance from my wife to help take them into the house. After opening the packages, my initial optimism almost dissipated when it took me longer than expected to locate the Instruction Booklet. I found it sandwiched in between the numerous pieces in one of the packages. It happened just at the time I was becoming concerned that it wasn't shipped at all. The majority of the individual parts were labeled. However, I soon discovered similar to what was written in the reviews, that a few parts and pieces were not labeled. That being said, the number of unlabeled pieces that came with my order was not substantial. Except for the parts referred to as 'ZZ' and 'YY;' the TOP DRAWER FRONT BRACKETS '6G;' DRAWER FRONT BRACKETS '9G' and '10G;' and the DRAWER FRONT 'U' in the Instruction Booklet, all the other parts and pieces were readily identifiable since were duly labeled. I subsequently found the 'U' label which was missing from the DRAWER FRONT without a label, stuck on one of the FRONT BRACKETS. The instructions were easy to follow and understand. Notwithstanding the concise and simple instructions provided, the numerous pieces to be assembled, and my limited skill set as a 'do-it-yourselfer' resulted in it taking me several hours to complete. After working a few hours daily for 3 consecutive days, I finally had the Sauder Palladia L-Shaped Desk in my home! The shortcomings of the few unlabeled pieces were insignificant in comparison to the triumph of the assembled desk. More importantly, the purchase price of $405.00 I felt was a bargain then and is even more so now! Also, its natural appearance adds value as an additional piece of decorative furniture. Ultimately, it increases my overall satisfaction with the purchase!

The desk itself is nice; however, it came damaged. The box with the desk top arrived ripped in half. We were hopeful there was no damage, but once we moved to the new house and unpacked it from the ripped-in-half box, we discovered the front corner of the desk is completely smashed in. I couldn't return it because it was purchased in November, during Black Friday deals, and assembled in January, when we were finally moving into our house. Super disappointing to spend all of this money, and the front corner is destroyed, making it look like crap. The directions were not great. Sometimes it would say right, but the picture showed left. It helped that my fiancé put together the matching cabinet and bookshelves first, so he had a sense of the directions. It took him the better part of a day to put it together.

Now that the desk is together, I can appreciate it and say that the desk is nice, study and worth the price. The three star review is because everything else about this purchase was a pain. First of all, Amazon said that because this was a heavy and large purchase we were to select a delivery time and option. Knowing the progress of our home remodel, we chose a date of May 28 to give our contractors time to finish the one room so this room could be cleaned out first. Imagine our surprise when I receive not a shipping notice, but a “your product will be delivered today” notice from Amazon an entire week earlier than the date requested. And then, it wasn’t even delivered by special delivery—it came via ups and the box was completely open on one corner with those pieces visibly marred. The second box had been jostled so much that the pieces had come loose from the foam packaging and were jostling around inside. And the boxes were heavy—I know our ups guy is alone—I have no idea how he got them onto our porch. Amazon did give me partial refund to keep the desk, but I was so worried to put it together. That is where part two of the saga comes in. I have other Sauder in our house. Everything was well marked and easy to put together. This, however, was neither. Half of the pieces were not marked and it took my husband and I nearly 5 hours to assemble—and we are handy people. It want difficult—we just wasted so much time trying to determine what part was what. Now that it is in, I like it and it looks great—(the damaged pieces are in the back corner so as long as we keep the desk in a corner you can’t see them).

This is the third Sauder Palladia item we purchased. Also bought two libraries (bookcases) and the L-shaped desk. 1st, shipping. The two libraries shipped via UPS, the desk (in two boxes) via FedEx, and this hutch via ABF. All were packed the same: in a large cardboard box, with edge reinforcements, and wrapped in heavy plastic which was glued to the box. Only the hutch arrived with no shipping damage. My guess shipping ABF had less handling during shipping, less handoffs at various points. The UPS boxes were damaged in the corners, gouged and the edge reinforcements and plastic was loose on one box. Each box had a broken part which required replacement. The two desk boxes by FedEx had some damage but no broken parts though one box had a minimal gouge which marked the desk top which we can live with. 2nd, assembly instructions. Instruction books well thought out. Some parts had stickers, some were marked on edges, and others with nothing. The instructions however has very good images which one can compare against the parts to find the parts. For the desk this was important as it has what seemed to be 100s of parts. Images showed holes on each part and described finish sides which helps identify the part and helps orientate the part for assembly. 3rd, recommendation. 3a. After unpacking the box(es), identify any broken parts and get on the Sauder.com website to order free replacement parts. If part cannot be easily replaced after assembly, will have to wait until replacement arrives. My parts took about 4 to 5 days. 3b. Take the plastic bag with all the screws, empty it, and separate the various pieces into piles. Compare against the parts list; I didn't have any shortages, had a few extra. Helps during assembly to pull from a separated pile rather than a mixed pile. Especially since some screws are similar. Pay attention to black, brown and silver descriptors for parts. 3c. Make a large area to assemble. I did on carpeted area which helps cushion and prevent scratches; also easier on knees. Helps in laying out the parts, allows turning unit over which you will have to do to nail on back. Caution on moving unit during assembly as it is only held together with screws and clips and it is not real wood; while not fragile like glass, cannot take too much flexing or twisting or racking until finished. 4th, Quality. Yes it is an engineered wood product with no real wood; unless one considers wood chips as real wood. Made of glued sawdust and chips; some medium density and some high density such as desk tops and moldings. Backing is high density paper product; for the libraries, came folded and when installed the crease does visually distract. In my opinion, better quality than Ikea furniture. Yes we would have preferred real wood bookcases, desk and hutch however we also would not have liked the price. At this time, I think the quality and value match the price. Quality is very good, it is well engineered, finish from the factory is very good and price is fair. Shipping is the weak link in finish quality.

I looked at so many desks out on the market. This desk is wonderful in 2 major ways that other desks are very deceiving: 1. This desk's main section is 30" deep which is so necessary to accommodate a standard flat screen monitor/laptop and keyboard. Most other desks at/close to this price point look really great in pictures, but what you don't know is that many are too shallow to actually serve as quality, comfortable desks. Many are 21" or 22", some are even 19", which is way way too shallow for comfort. 2. This desk has a REAL LAMINATE top that's very durable. Many other desks at this price point are so misleading and are what is now known as a photo finish, but list themselves as laminate, which most folks picture as similar to Formica laminate. Photo finish is literally a printed picture on paper that is glued on. This can be easily ripped and nicked and any moisture literally destroys the finish. Other pros include: 1. Great height. I actually had to raise my seat a bit to be comfortable. Other desk reviews show clashing with arm rests or pinching on the tops of peoples' legs when moved in. 2. The color is awesome. 3. There a many drawers, a keyboard drawer and a bunch of smaller drawers. 4. There are reliefs at the bottom and several cable holes that make wire management really great. 5. A very nice product for the cost. Drawbacks are as other reviews state. 1. The boxes are heavy when delivered. I had to make a make-shift lifting strap from ratchet strap to hoist it up and move into my house. Or you'll need a friends/spouses help for sure. 2. The assembly is not for the faint of heart. I think the number of pieces really speaks to the quality versus of other desks in this category, but man there are a lot of parts and steps. I am very proficient at DIY assembly furniture and this was desk took the most effort of any I've ever done. Still 5 stars because I knew this when ordering, but it was a lot. Probably every bit of 5 hours. 3. Some pieces are photo finished, but these pieces are really not prominent and you'll never notice it. The lower plinths are which may get nicked up when vacuuming, but very tolerable for the value. All in all, super happy with this desk and would definitely buy again.

Came in 2 boxes. Labeled as 137lbs and 134lbs. After opening the boxes and laying out the parts (needs a lot of space) it took me about 6 hours (no breaks - tried to go fast). A few pieces were dented or scratched from shipping but mostly non visible, except the main top which has a dent. Wasn't enough for me to worry too much about. The finish is fairly easy to scratch so be careful. The drawers are a little stiff but all lined up and worked well. The door also lined up well. Instructions were mostly straightforward and there was a video link as well which I watched as I went along which helped a few times. Overall it's a nice looking desk, lots of room and very practical for me working from home full time.

One thing that is correct is that this will take you at least 8 hours to assemble. It's not extremely hard but, it has a LOT of parts and pieces and some are not marked. I found the manual very accurate and I actually enjoyed putting it together but, I'm sure not a lot of people will not enjoy spending one entire day putting it together. Before start the assembly, take out ALL the parts and pieces and try to put them in an order, specially with the screws. If you don't do this, you'll be putting a comment like the one above mine that is saying that the manual doesn't indicate the right screws. The manual is very clear in this aspect. You just need to start the assembly in an organized way. Make sure to assemble it on the room that it's going to be installed. After assembled, it's very heavy to move it around. The desk is VERY sturdy and nice. I actually removed one drawer so I could fit well with my office chair. I paid 399 plus shipping, which was great compared to other places where I found this same desk (i.e. Sears and Wayfair). It's the same desk they have, with the same assembly required but much more expensive on those other websites. For the price I paid, I would definitely recommend this product to anybody looking for a big and sturdy desk.

Nice desk however it came in a million different pieces. Drawers are also really sticky. Not sure I would order again as it’s cheaply made.