I finally finished my new desk. Here it is in all its glory!
Note: this is designed purely to fulfill my personal needs and desires. I wanted something dramatic, without legs and I wanted a project that would force me to use some rusty carpentry skills. In these respects, I’m pretty happy.
I would like to use different hardware. I’ve been working on it two weeks, so I was pretty tired of working on it. I tried to attach it without visible fasteners, but I just didn’t have the right equipment. Plan B was some round head bolts. Plan C would have been to take my time and find some nice bolts with a hex head.
I think that if you have to see the fasteners, you shouldn’t try to downplay or hide them, I would go with a very visible fastener, embrace the hardware!
Liking the desk. I’m going to have to build one this summer. Will probably be more of an angled drafting desk than a formal desk though.
Love the lines of this one though, and I like the exposed hardware too. I noticed you had a glass top surface in your plans. Any reason you didn’t go that route with this one?
My wife wasn’t sure if she liked the glass. I decided I’d build it without the hole and if we felt like we wanted to use the glass, we could add it later. The glass was coming from a cabinet door that I took down earlier this year. I was hoping to recycle it rather than toss it in the bin.
Have you seen the design for a drafting table in Nomadic Furniture? Maybe that should be my next project too.
Great stuff! I’d never heard of the Nomadic Furniture books, but I’m definitely going to have to pick them both up! I like the idea of creating a separate modular work/play/relaxation space by simply framing it off with some 2x4’s.
Not too sure about their cardboard child’s car seat though!
Overall the design is nice. Clean, simple and I can see how the angle of the top could be usefull. There are plenty of ways you could mount this to a wall without showing your hardware. The best bet is going to your local hardware store and browse, if that doesn’t do it, ask the people who work there… And I’m not talking about HOME Depot or Lowes, go local and ask around, you’ll get plenty of ideas. Also I would suggest using a walnut veneered plywood instead of stain, not that much more expensive and the results are SOO much better. Lastly a very basic butt joint for your joinery is not really a push for strength or craft. If you want to sharpen your “carpentry skills” go for a box joint or another rather simple but much more appealing joinery method than glue and nails. Shop time should be a joy of creating something in 3d, not a chore you complain to work on for 2 weeks. Get in there and be happy your actually Creating something.
Note: I don’t have a shop, I have a balcony! If next time occurs near a garage, I will definately do some better joinery. Thanks for the type on walnut though, I didn’t bother looking around.
It’s $655, although made of walnut. Interestingly it says it has no visible hardware, but the photos show three screws in the back piece. If they can claim it, I will start to as well!
It’s $655, although made of walnut. Interestingly it says it has no visible hardware, but the photos show three screws in the back piece. If they can claim it, I will start to as well!