1895 Roll Top Desk

I found this old desk on Facebook to use as an Office desk for my Workshop

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  • admin

    12 April 2022 - 20:04

    Pictures from Facebook

    £30 and a 110 mile round trip to collect it








  • admin

    12 April 2022 - 20:20

    Got it back to workshop and built it up! found all sorts of bits and pieces? Draw deviders OMG this thing is very complete too good to use as intended!!







  • admin

    12 April 2022 - 20:25

    Well after a good looking at the knee hole back panel is missing? I desided to strip it and see what I thought of it?





















  • admin

    12 April 2022 - 20:53

    Inside the desktop was in a poor state needed a complete strip down and rebuild, As I said before the bottom was very battered with vacuum cleaners ETC. So, I thought I’d do an upcycle style and paint some parts satin black and the insides of the draws blue, Yep sounds a bit yuk but trust me it will look great,




    Added some LED lighting





    Added some USB speakers too for Laptop



    as I stripped the small draws I found a nice two tone thing going on So I decided to do all the draws in the same style,

  • admin

    12 April 2022 - 21:02

    Added a light oak trim to the bottom draws and finished them in a satin lacquer to match the desk top draws painted the insides blue,















  • admin

    12 April 2022 - 21:48

    OMG it’s stripped and I love it, Some parts of it are well worn around the bottom were vacuums have knocked the corners off over the years ETC. I Decided to have a new back panel made by a local Joiner and 2.5″ put in the roll top a shelf under knee hole and a cross bar to give a little more strength to the whole thing,

    A quick pre-build to look at the progress so fare














  • admin

    12 April 2022 - 22:23

    Vareus bits in some sort of order of repair











































  • admin

    12 April 2022 - 22:31

    The end result i can’t wait to sit down at this and use it I absolutely love it








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