Walker Edison L-Shaped Glass Computer Desk

The only reason this product did not get 5 stars is because of screw holes not quite lining up, and instructions that could cause problems if you don't have experience assembling this type of unit.

First off Kudos to Amazon. Even with super saver shipping I had this desk at my doorstep less than 72 hours after ordering, and a full 5 days before the "estimated arrival date".

The glass is 1/4" thick and beveled, that sounds thin, but it is much heavier and seems much sturdier than I had expected (it is tempered). The dimensions of 51"(outside edge of each "L") x20"(depth of each side) x30" tall are pretty close to accurate. I uploaded a couple of images of the tape measure showing the depth and length of each side not counting the corner connector.

Installation took about an hour and a half. Be warned before you start, the instructions throw around terms like "tighten screws with wrench 'I'" starting at step 2. DON'T DO THAT. I can't stress that enough. No matter how level it may look, your floor isn't completely level, and no matter how accurately the screw holes are drilled, they are not completely straight. If you tighten the screws when they tell you to you absolutely will have to loosen them up again to make all the pieces fit together. Just tighten them to finger tight and maybe a bit more for stability, but don't tighten anything up until you have the desk in its final home. This is especially true if you plan to use the keyboard tray. On my particular unit the holes on one of the sides that holds the keyboard slide tray were off by a couple 32nds of an inch. That isn't much, but it was enough that I had to pull out pretty hard on the top of one side while tightening the screws that hold the glass to the top in order to get smooth operation of the keyboard tray. Once I had it in the corner where it will stay I tightened everything up, leveled it, and it feels as solid as a wood desk. It looks much better than I expected for the price I paid.

And now just some notes on hiding the cables -skip this if you aren't interested. Hiding cables on this one was more difficult than any other desk I have ever installed just because it is so open. I'll offer up the following notes on how I handled it. First, get ahold of an inexpensive, black, 6 outlet surge protector (just a single file one, about 2" by 9"). Get a selection of black cable ties (I used both 14" ones and 8" ones), get a handful of black twist ties (4" long or so) and a roll of electrical tape. The total cost of my supplies was under $20. Use some long cable ties to mount the surge protector backwards (the outlets facing the wall) on one of the crossbars (take care to not block the outlets with the cable ties) -this should be done at the very edge of the desk with the lead wire going towards your PC tower. Lay out your PC and peripherals in their final configuration without plugging anything in. Things like speaker wires, excess mouse/keyboard cable, and any other small wires can be looped up and tied with the twist ties, then taped to the underside of the desk with the electrical tape. The wires should then be run to the side where your PC tower is. Once all your cables are to the leg of the desk, group them up and start using cable ties to secure them to the leg -don't tighten the cable ties all the way until you are finished and have made sure that you have the slack you need to get everything just where you want it. Use cable ties all to hold the cables all the way down until they get to level with the surge protector. Once there, plug in all the devices and combine the peripheral cables with the power cables and cable tie the whole group together to the edge of the desk. In all I used about 6 cable ties going down the leg of the desk, and about three from the surge protector to the edge. Then another handful of both cable ties and twist ties to wrap up excess cable behind the tower. I posted an image of the finished product in the image gallery (the left computer is the one I was concerned about, the laptop cables are clearly visible so that I can connect/disconnect them as necessary).

This desk looks absolutely great. I know that I complain about assembly in the title, let me elaborate:

98% of the desk is easy to assemble... instructions are very straight forward but...

Do you see the curved metal frame in the picture? The one that links together the two mini-desks to make the L-shape? That thing was a nightmare to put together, the holes where the screws go to join the desks to the curved frame are misaligned. I had to take a hammer and try to align them by a couple millimeters... I was praying I didn't damage the frame itself, but no, it was a bold move but it did payoff... I managed to barely align the screw holes and the DESK DOES LOOKS GREAT!!!

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First, I love the way this desk looks, it's sturdy and the glass is thicker than I had anticipated, which is a plus for me, because I wasn't sure it would hold up my heavy Printer and CPU, but it does just that.

The desk is smaller than my old desk, which was a bit hard to get used to, but I managed to store a lot of my things elsewhere, which actually makes my area look cleaner, so it's not all bad. If you need a lot of room, choose another desk.

One of the problems I had with this desk that it was harder to put together than I expected it would be. I found it difficult to line up the screw holes to get the glass to fit together in the L-shape, and the leg connections have plastic fittings, so if you tighten the screw too tight, they may crack, which I found out the hard way. Oy!

The thing that bothered me most about the desk, is the keyboard tray. The sliders were (in my opinion) designed and built very poorly. The tiny bearings inside the sliders kept popping out of their slots, and it took me about 45 minutes just to get the keyboard tray onto the desk. It was a very tight fit, and I still can't get the tray to slide out smoothly, and I'm considering replacing the whole keyboard tray with a new one.

Since it's black glass, it needs to be dusted daily, so I just keep a Swiffer duster on my desk at all times.

All in all, it's a sleek desk that's easy to clean, and looks great in my office. Not a bad desk for the price, really.

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Instructions could be a a little more specific on determining positioning of leg/base sections. The biggest problems was in mounting the keyboard slide. This is a design flaw. After mounting the slide brackets for the roller slide to fit into, the space is too wide for the slide section. mounting brackets had to be removed and intall spacers to narrow the gap between so that the keyboard drawer would fit.

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I just started putting this desk together about 30 minutes ago and it is a nightmare. I received this desk for my birthday as a housewarming desk about two weeks ago and just got to assembling it now. It is awful. The first step is to put rubber stoppers on the bottom of the desk and all the holes are not properly drilled or aligned at all. There goes all my plans for the rest of the day. If I can get the rubber stopper out I will continue installation without them and buy one of those rubber mats to put under it instead of sending it back because who wants to go through the hassle of packing this 100 lb desk up and sending it back to amazon and waiting another couple weeks. I am very disappointed right now and I will go try to get the rubber stopper screw out of the bottom of the desk or it's useless. Would not buy again. Also it's really low to the ground.

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