Free to a good home

[bachophile]

This is the desk. As u can see it tends to be a countertop to put various detritus and junk on. A chronic problem chez bach.

[Mik]

Any open horizontal surface becomes that. Still, a very pretty piece. I'd like to have a nice writing desk but no room for it.

[Larry]

Very nice desk.

[George K]

@mik said in Free to a good home:

Any open horizontal surface becomes that.

Yes. And that's a constant "thing" in our home.

When we moved to the condo, we got a new dining room table & chairs.

Mrs. George: "Imma keep this nice and tidy."
Me: "Great! Let's see how long that lasts, LOL."

Yeah.

[LuFins Dad]

The original piece looks nice but I bet it’s a particle board behemoth that will require an engineering degree to figure out how to take it apart and put back together… No way that’s real cherry…

@bachophile those are gorgeous.

[Larry]

@lufins-dad said in Free to a good home:

The original piece looks nice but I bet it’s a particle board behemoth that will require an engineering degree to figure out how to take it apart and put back together… No way that’s real cherry…

@bachophile those are gorgeous.

My guess... it is in two pieces, a base, and a case sitting on the base. The base is veneer on particle board. The case however, is almost entirely made of milled pieces of solid wood, except for the side panels, which are veneered particleboard. Of the solid wood, most is poplar. Only certain slim sticks are actual hardwood.

Edit: just noticed the sides of the top piece are glass, so scratch the thing about the top side panels being particle board.

[brenda]

@bachophile Wow, bach. That is an amazing piece of furniture. Glad you have a piece from the set.

[bachophile]

Yes. Thanks. Not Exactly Ikea.

[George K]

@brenda said in Free to a good home:

That is an amazing piece of furniture.

Indeed. I always had an admiration for inlay work.

Dabbled with it for a while too - nothing that expansive, but it's fun, exacting work.

[brenda]

@bachophile said in Free to a good home:

Yes. Thanks. Not Exactly Ikea.