A New, Old Desk

David has completed yet another "handyman" project! I'm not sure if we mentioned it in a previous blog, but David has been wanting/needing a bigger desk for studying purposes. He picked up one for free off Craig's List and brought it home. I really wasn't too pleased about it because it was in TERRIBLE condition and had an odor. :) It sat in the basement most of this summer until this week while I was at orientation (which went great by the way...I can't wait for the kids to come). David worked so hard getting the desk back to a usable condition and I continued to have doubts about bringing it into the house and actually making it a part of our furniture. One day while working on it, David found that on the underside of one of the drawers someone had written something. It said, "These drawers are too narrow for most desks," and was signed "EF" and dated 10.21.20. This got me really excited because I felt like this desk now had a history of some kind! Each day it continued to look better and better and now it is completed and in our house! It is all original wood, but David replaced the handles (with my decorative input), and had to cut new wood sides for two of the four sides. Grandad guided David through some of the process and we will now forever love what tongue oil can do for furniture. I am proud to have an almost antique desk in my house that my husband was able to make look so good!