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Review on Tribesigns 78.74 Inch L-Shaped Computer Desk With File Cabinet, Executive Office Desk Workstation W/ Shelves For Home Business Furniture by Douglas Holla

Revainrating 4 out of 5

It can be reversed, kind of

Overall I am pretty happy with the desk.The final result, for me, is a overall very sharp-looking, spacious, useful, modern-looking desk. A tiny portion of the intended functionality is compromised because the space I had for it mandated reversing the design, which it is not designed to do. The build quality is low, but this is only really obvious while you are assembling it; the final product looks as nice as much, much more expensive desks. For the price I think this is easily worth it, but keep in mind you are sacrificing ease of assembly for the low cost and elegant look.The desk is not meant to be reversible, and if you do want to reverse it you have to make a few sacrifices. For one, the lower shelving unit's backplate is designed to friction-fit into pre-cut guide trenches that exist only on one side; I simply neglected to attach the backplate, but you might be able to screw it onto the other side. The same is true for the shelving unit's cabinet door. Reversing the actual desk part is fairly simple; you attach the two long bars to the top desk pieces as usual, but put the feet and the shelf attachments on at the opposite ends of the instructions.Of note, it does not ship with the tools you need to assemble it; you will need a basic phillips-head screwdriver, ideally with a replaceable bit and a handful of bit sizes. It does arrive, strangely, with a flathead screwdriver, but does not have any flathead screws. It also arrived with a single hex wrench that was properly sized for the hex screws it uses.It is very cheap for what it is. That helps a lot with satisfaction; if this were a $3k desk it would absolutely not be worth it. The cheapness also shows in the desk's build quality. The holes drilled into the bottom of the attached shelving unit, for example, were not placed in the correct locations and did not fit the legs; I had to make my own holes for them to attach properly. Tolerances on a lot of the other pieces were extremely varied; pilot holes were generally more aspirational than useful. The dark gray finish shows fingerprints like crazy, but fingerprints aren't visible on the wood-finished parts at all.The shelving unit has a surprising amount of capacity. Some of it relatively inaccessible, though, because it is placed directly beneath the far corner of the desk and hard to reach. As long as you keep stuff you only rarely need in that portion, though, it's a lot of quite useful space.The support bars below the main desk are mildly annoying, my legs do bump into/brush them frequently. If you are able to sit with your seat a fair bit below the desk, though, this is less likely to be an issue.Overall, 8/10 for me. Pretty pleased with it.

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Pros
  • Great value, looks sharp, a bit low but not a problem.
Cons
  • Not the best design.. Computer