This is a small desk I made for a friend. It's 16 x 32 x 8" high. It's made from shop sawn Sapele and Birdseye maple on the outside and ash on the inside over BB plywood. The main joinery is mitered corners with biscuits for alignment. The front of the desk has a mitered edge as do the drawer fronts to give an almost joint free look. The drawers are just simple finger jointed maple boxes.

The finish is a very dilute Transtint dye, 1 drop of Reddish Brown in 15 ml of DNA, wiped on with a stain applicator. I felt the Birdseye maple needed a little reddish tint to harmonize better with the Sapele as it looked very yellow under the clearcoat alone. The topcoat was 3 coats of TC's EM-6000 Acrylic Lacquer.

Fun project. Oh yeah, it will sit on some hairpin legs for a very MCM look.








John