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Desk built by Dad, completed by family

Project by James Frederick posted 323 days ago 388 views 0 times favorited 8 comments Add to Favorites Watch

My youngest daughter needed a bigger desk, and she wanted one built by Dad. I had some Birch 3/4 plywood for a top, picked up a few 1X4 and there it was. I wanted to finish it with a light colored stain, and polyurethane to show off the great joinery and grain matching, etc. It took over 30 minutes to get the right 1×4 peices that matched up well, and the care taken to get it all just right.

The daughter had a different plan. I was lucky to get the top with Polyurethane. She wanted to paint it multiple colors, and all differnt types of flower and animal stencils, just like every other 6 year old little girl. As you can tell by the photos it was just what she wanted. The whole family had a part in the making and painting of this newly created family heirloom, and is being used every day for homework and masterpeices for our refridgerator.

Now she wants a new chair…..

-- James F., San Antonio TX.


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Bureaucrat

7281 posts in 548 days


posted 323 days ago

These are the things that wonderful memories are made from. Good job Dad!

-- Gary, South Central Wisconsin. So much to learn, so little time!

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Tomcat1066

776 posts in 692 days


posted 323 days ago

Now that’s a great project! Maybe, at some point down the road, the desk can be refinished to show off all that joinery ;)

-- "Give me your poor tools, your tired steel, your huddled masses of rust." Yep, I ripped off the Statue of Liberty. That's how I roll!

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FlWoodRat

584 posts in 805 days


posted 323 days ago

As they say in the MasterCard commericals:

Materials: $25
Labor: Free
Family Heirloom: Priceless

Great job James. I am sure your daughter will enjoy it for ages. PS. She is a real cutie too.

-- I love the smell of sawdust in the morning....

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blackcherry

730 posts in 719 days


posted 322 days ago

Great family project and life lessons as well. Great post…Blkcherry

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mtnwild

2020 posts in 423 days


posted 322 days ago

Doesn’t get any better than that, congratulations and thanks for sharing.

-- mtnwild (Jack), It's not what you see, it's how you see it.

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darryl

1393 posts in 1222 days


posted 322 days ago

these are the best kind of projects.
nice work

-- www.darrylmasterson.com ~ www.darrylmasterson.etsy.com

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Karson

25802 posts in 1296 days


posted 322 days ago

Glad that you were able to share the creation with her. She’ll remember it forever.

-- What happens in the workshop stays in the workshop. No wait that doesn't sound right. Karson Southern Delaware karson_morrison@bigfoot.com †

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James Frederick

14 posts in 616 days


posted 322 days ago

Thanks for all the great comments, this is why we do what we do.

-- James F., San Antonio TX.

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