a partner desk! now, dabney and i can work across from each other. i know, i know - as if we don't see enough of each other already. but i have always wanted one of these desks, ever since i saw the movie "say anything." remember the scenes at diane court's house? she and her father shared this incredible office. fyi - it's the same room that contains the notorious lock box in which dear old dad hid all the embezzled nursing home money. (sorry to spoil it for those of you who haven't seen it and if so, shame on you.)
this room is emblazoned in my memory because of that partner desk.
back to our new/old desk... there's only a couple of problems with it. you can see that it's has been use a lot. look at all the worn places from fingers closing the drawers.
we're gonna paint the sucker a beautiful bright color TBD.
problem #2...
oops. sometime in its long history, someone lost a drawer. it's not too big of a deal. but now, we're on the hunt for a solution. first choice, of course, would be to replace the drawer. that being said, this desk is probably at least 40 years old and it may prove to be too difficult to find a perfect match. plan b: camouflage it with a faux front.
the desk is a tank, which presents problem #3 - moving it.
You should go out to TJ -- I bet there's a drawer in a 40-year-old desk out there somewhere...
ReplyDeleteAlso, in So Cal they used mirrored windows. It's a treatment of some kind that let's you see out and no one can see in. The look is a little weird for St. Louis, but it's one way to do it.
raiding a tj desk! great idea.
ReplyDeleteyou need some industrial sliders to move the desk. THose suckers really work.
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