In the early 90s, Sarah declare she needed a desk. That’s all she had to say, and I started looking into building one. My last project was solid wood, and since I hadn’t done a project in veneer, I thought I would try that. I decided to make a drop-front desk and called a company in Pennsylvania that sold veneer. He said he had just gotten in a bookend piece of veneer that would make a beautiful front, and I bought it immediately. I paid $50 for the two pieces, and when it came, they were warped with small domes all over them which made me a little nervous. I made the drop front, learning how to apply the veneer as I went and prayed that it would all stay flat against the base piece of 3/4” birch plywood. I applied the contact cement to both surfaces and rolled the veneer. To my surprise, it stayed flat. …show more content…
A brass knob pulls out a brace on each side that the top rests on when it is open. We debated on putting a safety chain or other device to protect the hinges if the front was ever accidently dropped without the braces being in place, but we decided not to do that. The piece is 43” tall, 42” wide, 19” deep, trimmed in Rosewood. It turns out that making one using birch plywood covered in veneer takes a lot of pieces, in this case, more than