I think the directions are pretty sensible, although you need to be really careful about things that can be assembled in two orientations, only one of which has the finish in the correct direction. It's all done in drawings without written instructions (that way they don't have to publish instructions in multiple languages), and I admire how cleverly the product is packaged and how the connectors work.

I agree that the designs are nice and clean -- something I admire, although I haven't always been able to live with it myself because so much of my furniture has been other people's cast-offs.

We're actually approaching the point where the living/dining area and the work room each have their own separate color scheme and a unified design. The entertainment center still won't match the rest of the shelving in the living room, but that's because we don't plan on replacing it until such time as we decide to jump to a HDTV unit.