Top DIY Desk Inspirations

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Lets take a look at some of these top DIY desk inspirations styles and who might want to consider using them. We will start with some of the earlier styles today, and continue with more of them next month.

Early desks - I do not know if desks were used in ancient Rome or Greece, though I suspect that, being educated societies, they had small writing desks. During Medieval times, very few people had a top DIY desk inspirations because society, in general, was not educated. But members of royalty and the clergy had desks for writing and for copying manuscripts. Some of these may have had a few small drawers, they also had slots, hooks and indentations for writing implements, ink, book marks etc. Writing desks would have been smaller, but some of the desks used by the clergy were quite large because many of the manuscripts being copies were large.

Secretary - We owned an antique store for awhile and a few of these crossed my path. The standard style would be about seven feet tall, it would have drawers on the bottom, and a narrower hutch on top. In between is the top DIY desk inspirations area. It has a hinged desktop surface that forms about a 45 degree angle when closed. The surface would fold down to form the the desk top and to reveal small cubbies, slots and shelves for organizing your papers and writing supplies. The top hutch could have either wood doors that would open to reveal more slots and shelves, or glass doors with display shelves. There are many variations of this style which are still referred to as a “Secretary”.

Slant top desk - this is also sometime called a bureau desk, and is essentially a secretary without the top hutch. This made the top DIY desk inspirations lighter and easier to manage and move. And though smaller than the secretary, it is generally thought to be its predecessor.

Fall Front Desk - this style desk is closely related to the secretary, the main difference being that the part of the top DIY desk inspirations that folds up, is in a totally vertical position when closed. The desktop folds down for use and reveals any assortment of pigeonholes, small drawers, shelves or doors for organizing all your writing needs. Another difference is that there is usually no cabinet or additional shelves above the area enclosed by the desktop.

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