Mission Desk

[Christian Hawkshaw]

Mission desk....66" wide, 30 " Deep. I will post some more pics when I move it to the office.

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[Brian Tymchak]

More beautiful work Christian! You're on quite a roll with the mission style.

[Andrew Hughes]

Awesome color and figure.
It has a Ethan Allen furniture look but much cleaner and nicer.

[William Fretwell]

The wood grain is an absolute delight. The fit and finish of the drawers precise. That is an exceptional desk. The ‘computer hole’ made me gasp. Could it have come from the top back? What if computers go out of date in the next 50 years? Young people will wonder what the hole was for!
Inspired me to hopefully try and match your standard!

[David Utterback]

Looks great! Would you mind sharing info on finishing steps? Thanks!

[Von Bickley]

Great looking wood and a great looking desk.

[Philip Glover]

Chris,

You did a great job selecting the pieces for grain, and the color tone is great too.

PCG

[Joe A Faulkner]

That is a handsome piece of furniture. My reaction to the wire port was similar to William’s. I don’t think I could have brought myself to drill that hole. Nice work. Very well done.

[Rob Luter]

Very nice job. I especially like the uniformity of the finish. It has that chocolate brown fumed look. What was your process?

[Jim W. White]

Wonderful!! great proportions, wood, finish... all top notch

[Christian Hawkshaw]

Thanks all for the kind comments....

[Christian Hawkshaw]

The wood grain is an absolute delight. The fit and finish of the drawers precise. That is an exceptional desk. The ‘computer hole’ made me gasp. Could it have come from the top back? What if computers go out of date in the next 50 years? Young people will wonder what the hole was for!
Inspired me to hopefully try and match your standard!


That is a handsome piece of furniture. My reaction to the wire port was similar to William’s. I don’t think I could have brought myself to drill that hole. Nice work. Very well done.


The desk will be positioned in the middle of the room, so I wanted to minimize the wires exposed. The wire port on the top allows access to the power strip located under the middle of the desk.

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The cord for the power strip is routed inside the cabinet, and out the middle of the bottom of the cabinet. This will allow me to run the power cord under an area rug to the wall receptacle without being seen.

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[Christian Hawkshaw]

Looks great! Would you mind sharing info on finishing steps? Thanks!


Very nice job. I especially like the uniformity of the finish. It has that chocolate brown fumed look. What was your process?

For the finish I used the method prescribed by Jeff Jewitt in this document: https://homesteadfinishingproducts.com/stickley.pdf

The actual combination of dye and gel stain I used is not in the document. I have finished previous pieces using “Centennial” formula and the finish is dark (which the wife likes). For the office furniture, I wanted to go a little lighter, so I used Antique Walnut gel stain instead of the Java gel stain. So, the combination for “staining” is Dark Mission Brown dye and Antique Walnut gel stain.

The other difference is I used Zar oil based poly with matte sheen instead of arm-r-seal. I pre-finish prior to assembly as much as possible and apply the poly with the pieces laying horizontally. This allows the vanish to level out nicely.

[Christian Hawkshaw]

Finally moved the desk into the office and got the latop and monitors hooked up.

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[Mike Allen1010]

Beautiful! White oak?

[Tom Bender]

All the nice comments above plus 'great choice of hardware'

[Christian Hawkshaw]

Beautiful! White oak?

Thanks, and yes it is white oak.



All the nice comments above plus 'great choice of hardware'


Thanks

[Christopher Charles]

Wow! What a monster (in a good way!). Great choice of wood, hardware and finish-classic. Hope you had help moving it! Thanks for sharing.

Best,
Chris

[Christian Hawkshaw]

Wow! What a monster (in a good way!). Great choice of wood, hardware and finish-classic. Hope you had help moving it! Thanks for sharing.

Best,
Chris

Thanks...Yes, it is pretty heavy. My son was available to help move it in....