Arts & Crafts Cottage Oak Executive Desk by Home Styles

This is a REALLY nice desk for the money! I wanted an Arts & Crafts style desk because I like the style and simplicity. The problem I ran into over and over is that the distance between the floor and the desk was too low. I don't understand why we are still designing furniture for people who are no taller than 5'5". This desk is perfect because I can actually fit my legs under it even with them crossed. I'm a 6 foot tall guy and when I'm working I'm constantly shifting positions. This desk has plenty of room for that. I did not install the center drawer/keyboard tray or whatever it is because I wanted the space. The piece looks perfectly fine without it; you would never know that the drawer is supposed to be there. This piece is mostly real wood and some of it solid. The desk top is a veneer over some kind of pressed stuff, but you would never know it to look at it or feel it. It provides plenty of room and it was super simple to assemble. If you need a simple but very nice looking desk for not a lot of money, go for this one!**UPDATE: After almost 2 years of use and it still looks like new! I work at home 4 days a week, so I'm sitting at this desk for 8-9 hours a day. It still looks new! No wear at all. I think it's the best desk I've ever owned.

For the price, this could be a very nice desk for the home and / or office. However and unfortunately, it is very, very poorly packaged desk. Too many damages to the item through shipping channels. The desk was sold by Amazon and shipped via UPS but Amazon did not resolve the problem.At this time, I cannot recommend buying this desk from Amazon.

It does take a bit to put it together. Instructions say you only need a Phillips screwdriver and an adjustable wrench, but a drill/screwdriver really helps. There are a few screws that you need to put in that are not predrilled and it was impossible to get them in with out the electric drill for me. The wood is solid and heavy, the desk is wide, it goes together seamlessly. It took more effort the remove all the bits of styrofoam that seemed to stick everywhere. I'm 66 year old female who needs back surgery with arthritis in my hands and the only help I needed was lifting some of the heavier pieces.

I bought this desk because I like the arts and crafts style. Stores have nothing like it. The issue I find with desks is it's either cheap particle board or over priced solid wood. It's really hard to find something that's well made and is under $1000. Unfortunately my desk arrived damaged and unable to assemble. The cleat on the back panel had broken off during shipping. I called the manufacturer, sent a photo of the damage, and a replacement piece was shipped the same day. It arrived in 5 business days. Unfortunately that piece arrived with a damaged corner, but luckily it was hidden by the top, so I just kept it. The other issue I have is one of the side panels for the drawer has the rail screwed on wrong so that the screw heads are in the roller track causing the drawer to catch and not close completely. I haven't bothered trying to get that part replaced. Assembly was straightforward for someone that is familiar with basic flat pack furniture assembly.Overall I really like the look of the desk. It's a nice balance of having a couple of drawers to stash things but not overly chunky. I'm shorter so my chair is kind of high. To accommodate this, I use it with the keyboard tray removed. The tray itself is a bit odd since there is no room for a mouse.

Home Styles Arts and Crafts Executive Desk - April 15, 2019I really like my new desk that I have in my den. It is a really solid piece of wood, weighting slightly over 100 pounds. It has a much larger surface area than my old desk, which is really nice to have. Here are some general comments and things I did while assembling my new desk:1. It arrived several days earlier than expected. It was well packaged on the outside, however there was one slightly damaged area on one corner of the top of the desk. I bought some wood finish stain marker that I used to fix this blemish to where it is hardly even noticeable.2. In my den, I laid out all desk parts including the hardware parts to make sure nothing was missing. Everything was there, including a few extra hardware parts. I assume this was in case some hardware parts were damaged or got lost during assembly.3. It took several hours to assemble the desk following their instructions, which were pretty good. The only problem I really had was getting the tops of the drawers to align horizontally and to align with each other.4. From the desk ‘care instructions’, it mentions do not write directly on surface to prevent markings. I bought a one quart can of MINWAX fast drying polyurethane clear gloss. I gave the top of the desk and all three drawer fronts 3 coats to protect the finish, which took 3 days to do. I also bought a large 3mm clear vinyl cover for the entire top of the desk (54” x 28”). This is like extra protection for the top of the desk.

The desk looks good. Directions easy to follow. Be very careful putting the drawers together. The wood splits very easily, especially the back of the drawer. I ended up using wood glue to repair one of them.

Desk is very nice. Easy assembly. Very heavy. The shipping guy managed to deliver the desk before the storm comes, thank you so much!

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I ordered this desk and got it 4 days later.The desk is well packaged. I noticed amazon shipped the desk from Toronto. I think that is the reason is not beaten up badly as someone had.The build of desk is solid but the colour is more bright orange than the desk in the picture. Overall, I like the colour.

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The front of the table top was damaged in two places when it arrived and because the top cannot be reversed the damage shows on the front edge of the desk top. Also, while screwing the top on the block broke off. This is totally unacceptable for $700.