Secrétaire Costway Workstation

The desk doesn't open at 90 degrees. It's tipped upwards at the knob end. I will have to relocate the screws for the pumps to allow the desk to be square. This is an engineering flaw. It's disappointing.

Pretty sturdy piece. The instructions could have been better. I do recommend this product.

Does what it says. Surprisingly trickier to assemble than I imagined.

This murphy/hidden desk fit the bill for a kid's room short on space. Price, speed of shipping, style, and color were all good or great. Assembly took a while. Not hard, just tedious, with so many joints to connect. And the instructions were borderline adequate, not stellar. The only bummer was the bottom drawer. I knew it was small from other reviews, but man, the opening is so small that it's nearly unusable when assembled according to the directions. I customized it a bit to make the opening bigger, but now it slants downward while open. Yet that's still better than the "proper" way. The mounting set-up is quite good and I like the hydraulic-style hinges for the table top. Those are big plusses. With hindsight, I would've left the bottom area open rather than have a tiny drawer. But once the thing's assembled, I'd have to do it all over again to make that happen.

Nice workstation that folds when not in use to save room. Sturdy, well made.