I haven't made many posts on this forum, but I finally finished a project and thought I would share. This desk took a little longer than forever to complete (almost 8 years from start to end date) -- mostly because I'm not very enamored with the process of applying finish and the number of raised panels to stain and sand and varnish added to my mental blockade. The desk is based off of a plan from a Woodsmith book, with a few modifications to make it work with raised panels and a pencil drawer in the middle. Primary wood is hard maple. Drawer boxes are poplar. Top is cherry plywood with a walnut strip inlay on the border and maple frame.
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As they say, done is better than perfect ... My wife is excited to finally fill that spot in the kitchen/breakfast nook that was begging for a desk.
--Dan