September 17, 2009

Wrap-Around Desk

Happy Thursday, folks! We installed the wainscot caps last night, painted the wainscoting white with a semi-gloss and mostly finished the wrap-around desk downstairs.

DURING RENOVATIONS


THIS MORNING



We bought and employed a nice sheet of birch ply (like $60, at Jonathan's suggestion) for the working surface, because it's sturdy and pretty and smooth. It looks pretty cool. I'll be sanding that with fine finish sand paper, then sealing it next week (so you can put a glass of water on it or spill ink or whatever without staining it).

The thin piece of ply in the center of the two desks will be attached at some point - at the right height for fiddling with a laptop - but we want to paint the bases/legs of the desks first (and put another coat of white on the wainscoting) before the full desk is connected and unwieldy. Probably we'll use the same color for the new door, the stairs, and that pole in the middle of the room.

There's still a bunch more to do in the basement, but it's certainly coming along.

1 comment:

Deborah Glasofer said...

This looks fabulous, Rob! Nice work.