Calico Designs Study Corner Desk - Silver & Black Finish, Compact Home Office Desk for Small Spaces, Perfect for Study Rooms, Dormitories & Home Offices

I am fairly impressed with this desk. Most of the time when I've shopped online for a cheap desk, I pick something that looks nice in the picture and wind up with a pvc and particle board nightmare. This desk is made of hard metal and heavy composite wood. Very heavy. This thing weighs over fifty pounds! It's not flimsy at all, except for the washers (more on that in a moment). It's a youth desk, but I am a short adult and it fits me just fine. In fact I think it could stand to be a little shorter. The only way to adjust this desk is by leaving off the bottom frame and/or the bottom pegs. I'd rather leave it as is just because it would be a pain in the arse to take any of it apart again. Putting it together is about the only drawback of this desk. The instructions leave MUCH to be desired. I'll give you some hints in case you decide to buy this desk: the washers are meant to cradle the pegs so as to protect the desk's marble-looking finish. If you put them in wrong side down, the washers will tear. The pegs that hold the screens have holes in them where the screws go. You will need to screw the pegs in at an angle to make sure the holes can align. The legs for the bottom look identical, but the ones for the back have holes in them for - you guessed it - the screen that goes in the back. On that note, you cannot rely on the welding marks or even the shape of the eyes for the screws for how to arrange those legs on the bottom. You just need to make sure those holes are facing backwards or your bottom back screen can't go up. There is an Allen wrench that comes with the kit. You will also need a Phillips head screwdriver (not included). The desk is shaped in such a way that you can place it in a corner without losing a lot of your room's real estate, but you don't have to put it in a corner. The flat back will go up against a wall with no problem. The desk has a nice design for hanging things off of. I have a power strip clamped to one angled side, and two headsets dangling off the top pegs. If you're in the market for a cheap desk and don't mind the cheesy purple and fake marble, you could do a lot worse.