Martin Huntington Oxford L-Shaped Desk by Kathy Ireland - Oak

Comments about Martin Huntington Oxford L-Shaped Desk by Kathy Ireland - Oak:

Very attractive, sturdy and useful. I was very pleased with the purchase of four of these desks. Not one problem with any of them.

Comments about Martin Huntington Oxford L-Shaped Desk by Kathy Ireland - Oak:

I use this desk in a 10 X 12 foot office and it fits beautifully in a corner and leaves room to spare. I use it as both a computer desk and a general purpose office and writing desk, it has plenty of space. On the return (computer) section I have 2 large 28" monitors and 2 speakers and they fit very nicely. On the desk I have an all in one printer on one end and a legal sized scanner on the other as well as two more speakers and they barely take up any of the vast amount of space. There is plenty of drawer space and the drawers operate smoothly. One of the file drawers locks. The desk is built very solidly and is very attractively styled. The keyboard drawer is wide and easily fits the keyboard and mouse, there is ample room for your CPU tower and there is even a height adjustable shelf above the CPU storage area. The power control center makes a great organizer for all your hardware components and becomes a one stop switching area. Now for the negatives. This desk is HEAVY, once you get it in place and secure the return to the desk, you will need more than one person to move it at all, quite a few people if you have your computer and other equipment on it, keep this in mind especially if you have any outlets or jacks on your office walls that will end up hidden behind it that you may need access to in the future. Accessing the power control center is awkward, you have to unscrew it from the front, and pull it out, all the wiring must be fished through from behind it and it is a bit of a chore. In fact, fishing all the wiring through the entire desk to where it needs to be is awkward and not always intuitive, but once you have it done, it looks and works great. The keyboard drawer on my unit sticks slightly, but it is not a big issue. The drawers on the return side do not close flush to the desk panel below the power control center, there is about a half inch gap between the bottom of the panel, to the top of the drawers, this gives the impression that the top drawer is slightly open at all times, although it is not. This is a bit annoying, but does not affect the function. There is also what they are calling a bookshelf angled under the center of the desk. It actually sits about two feet deep under the desk so it is not that easy to get to. I would not use it to hold anything you need to get regularly. Lastly, the desk surface can be rather easily scratched, so I would recommend a desk protector.The drawer gap, the hard to reach bookshelf, and the awkwardness of the wiring is what kept me from a 5 star rating, but this desk is still very much worth the price and I would recommend it.

Comments about Martin Huntington Oxford L-Shaped Desk by Kathy Ireland - Oak:

I use this desk in a 10 X 12 foot office and it fits beautifully in a corner and leaves plenty of room to spare. I use it as both a computer desk and a general purpose office and writing desk, it has plenty of space. On the return (computer) section I have 2 large 28" monitors and 2 speakers and they fit very nicely. On the desk I have an all in one printer on one end and a legal sized scanner on the other as well as two more speakers and they barely take up any of the vast amount of space. There is plenty of drawer space and the drawers operate smoothly. One of the file drawers locks. The desk is built very solidly and is very attractively styled. The keyboard drawer is wide and easily fits the keyboard and mouse, there is ample room for your CPU tower and there is even a height adjustable shelf above the CPU storage area. The power control center makes a great organizer for all your hardware components and becomes a one stop switching area.

Now for the negatives. This desk is HEAVY, once you get it in place and secure the return to the desk, you will need more than one person to move it at all, quite a few people if you have your computer and other equipment on it, keep this in mind especially if you have any outlets or jacks on your office walls that will end up hidden behind it that you may need access to in the future. Accessing the power control center is awkward, you have to unscrew it from the front, and pull it out, all the wiring must be fished through from behind it and it is a bit of a chore. In fact, fishing all the wiring through the entire desk to where it needs to be is awkward and not always intuitive, but once you have it done, it looks and works great. The keyboard drawer on my unit sticks slightly, but it is not a big issue. The drawers on the return side do not close flush to the desk panel below the power control center, there is about a half inch gap between the bottom of the panel, to the top of the drawers, this gives the impression that the top drawer is slightly open at all times, although it is not. This is a bit annoying, but does not affect the function. There is also what they are calling a bookshelf angled under the center of the desk. It actually sits about two feet deep under the desk so it is not that easy to get to. I would not use it to hold anything you need to get regularly. Lastly, the desk surface can be rather easily scratched, so I would recommend a desk protector.

The drawer gap, the hard to reach bookshelf, and the awkwardness of the wiring is what kept me from a 5 star rating, but this desk is still very much worth the price and I would recommend it.