Harvard Collection Executive Desk

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I chose this desk after a month long search for the "perfect" desk. What sold me was the interesting middle drawer. I also thought that there was a gromit on the desk top - from the photo. There is no gromit. Big disappointment: the file drawer bottoms have not been designed to support anything, a feature displayed prominently on each drawer bottom piece in big red letters. I suppose I should have realized this had I read enough into the description. At any rate, I have had to reinforce these drawers to make good use of them (I don't want to use them for files only). The desktop is solid as can be, though, with lots of "field."

It took me three and a half hours to assemble.

I will use the desk as a regular home office desk.

Note: there is a supernatural amount of packing material, mostly styrofoam, that makes having a vacuum nearby a must. Also, if you have cats in the house, they will do their best to make you slip up during the assembly.

Th desk was easy to setup, instructions & illustration were clear as well the material itself is good. The gliding brackets for the cabinets were pre-installed which helped a lot in the integration of the desk. The desk itself is solidly built and can fit tight spaces (approx 29" wide) if you have an office room that has a narrow door. The top of the desk needs to come off in that scenario which is easy if the dowels are not glued so that only the retaining screws would be removed. Overall, I am satisfied with the build, quality & finish of the desk.

Also, it would help in the build of the desk if the parts are laid in groups so that picking them out would be easy.

Some of the cons :
No touch up ink, for those accidental dings, there needs to be a touch up ink that would hide the imperfections
Screws for the keyboard handle are a bit short, makes it difficult to center the second cap into the keyboard tray. I used a longer screw in this case.

The desk is as pictured, and better than I expected - very nice. The ball bearing drawer slides give very smooth operation. The assembly takes about 4 hours if you are doing it by yourself. The only minor problem was some of the drawer handle screws were too long. A few washers solved the problem.

Bought the Desk, Filing Drawer, and Shelves based on the great reviews and I was not disappointed for a great price. It is high quality stuff and appears to be made well (very precise pre-drilled holes, etc) as when put together, all angles are square and seams are tight.

It is packed very tight in 2 boxes and takes a while to put together. Not too complex, just a bunch of cams and dowels - just pretty time consuming. I did it myself and it took about 3.5 hours. Filing cabinet took about 1.5. Shelves about the same. Overall - extremely pleased with my new home office - it actually looks 10 times better than my office at work which probably cost 5x as much.

I bought this product sight unseen and was impressed with the quality. Wood veneers are beautiful and give the impression of a much higher priced product. Assembly was easy. It took me 3 hours from start to finish and I did it by myself. Would have been substantially quicker with a second person. [...] I also bought the matching bookcase and filing cabinet which were of equally high quality. This was my first experience with Staples furniture and I would definitely buy again.