1880 Writing Desk

This writing desk is a modified design that I worked up after seeing a couple of similar antique desks.  The originals were circa 1880 so I'm calling this the "1880 Desk".  The original desks had a single drop down door but I have also drawn one with 2 doors which I felt were more functional

Desk (1 Door)

Desk (2 Door)

Arts & Crafts Secretary Curio

This desk is done in an Arts & Crafts design and brings together elements from both a secretary desk and curio cabinet.  These combined characteristics make for an interesting and decorative piece of furniture.

Contemporary English Writing Desk

Here's a functional and stylish writing desk designed with a contemporary English style in mind.  It has flaired legs, drawers above and below, and a drop down writing surface with plenty of storage space. The joinery is mostly mortise and tenon and the drawers are dovetailed.

Curved Mission Desk

Here's a different look at a curved leg desk in a Mission style.  The majority of the joinery is mortise and tenon.

Country Desk with Hutch

Here's a copy of a unique hand made desk (C. 1900) that I saw listed on an antique auction site.  The desk has a rustic country look.  The base desk has plenty of drawer space and a slanted writing surface.  The hutch has an open arched book shelf, topped with a single drawer and flanked by 2 cupboards.  The joinery is mostly mortise and tenon.

Country Store Desk - Spool Desk

This is a slant top country store desk or spool desk. The lift top has a black writing surface. There is a raised area, designed like a small cornice that will hold an ink bottle and 3 pens. The original is from the late 1800s and was commonly found in country stores and served as a desk and storage cabinet for spooled thread.

Desk-on-Frame

Desks on frame are the rarest of the American slant top desks. This version is of New England style which dates back to the 1700s and mid-1800s.  The desk is a 2 part desk and frame construction and uses mostly dado and mortise and tenon joinery.

Desk-on-Frame - Early American

This version of a desk on a frame is a reproduction of an antique desk that I saw and liked the design.  I believe that the original was built a little later than the one pictured above.

Dickens' Desk

Here’s a copy of an original 1880s desk styled after the famed Charles Dickens desk.  This desk has the same characteristics of the original Dickens Desk including twin pedestals, double drawer handles and a sloped writing surface that opens to reveal additional storage space and drawers.  The upper superstructure has 8 small drawers that support a central turned baluster gallery and shelf. 

Early American Writing Desk

Here's a simple writing desk in an Early American or Colonial style.  The desk is the right size to function as a student's desk.  There are 5 drawers (three in the hutch and two in the base) and an upper shelf.  The joinery is mortise and tenon.

Hepplewhite Style Ladies Desk

This desk is modeled from a style known as Hepplewhite furniture made popular during the late 1700s and early 1800s.  True to the Hipplewhite style this desk is ornate and uses wood inlays. The desk has classic mortise and tenon as well as dovetail joinery. 

Kentucky Slant Front Desk

This drawing is based on a Kentucky slant-front desk circa early 1800s. The hutch was added with glass doors. The writing surface/lid drops down and is supported by a pull out support that looks like a drawer.

Kneehole Desk - Bow Front

Here's my version of a Kneehole Desk with bowed front drawers.  This type of desk was first manufactured in England in the early 18th century.

Kneehole Desk - Ladies Victorian

Here's my version of a Victorian Kneehole desk that is small enough to fit a lady.  The desk has 9 drawers and a shallow recessed center cupboard with door and an adjustable shelf.

Mission Style Writing Desk

This is a my version of a Mission style wring desk.  As you may have already assumed for a piece of Mission furniture, most all the joinery is mortise and tenon and made from Red Oak.  I have added a hutch with ample drawer and shelving storage.

Paymaster Desk

This is a my version of an Early American Paymaster Desk.  The design is simple and uses mortise and tenon jointery.

Petite Antique Writing Desk

Here's a copy of an antique writing desk or side table with single drawer, scalloped apron, and graceful cabriolet legs.  Circa 1700s, from France.

Plantation Desk

Here's a fairly common and simple Plantation Desk. It has one wide drawer and the upper cabinet contains adjustable shelving.  It's designed after similar desks from the late 1800's to early 1900's.

Plantation Desk - American Walnut

This desk really doesn't fit the design and stile of a Plantation Desk, but it's unique enough that I really don't know what stile it follows.  The writing surface on the right lifts to a storage area while the cabinet on the left opens to reveal adjustable shelves.

Sea Captain's Desk

This is a replica of a Sea Captain's Desk from the late 1800s. This style desk, also known as a Davenport Desk, was commonly thought of as "Ship's Captain's" desks, very efficient and organized in a compact design that took up little space. Reputed to have gotten their name from the inventor, Captain John Davenport, back in the days of Clipper Ships plying their trade to the Far East.

Secretary Desk

This Secretary Desk was the first project that I designed from the ground up (in 1977) because I couldn't find a complete plan that I liked.  I took the best design features from several ideas and married them together to come up with this desk.  Photos of the actual desk can be found on the "Projects" page HERE

Victorian Drugstore Secretary

This is a replica of an 1880 Victorian Secretary that is said to be from an apothecary or drugstore. It is very unique and most likely one of a kind. It is made with 3 parts (base, middle and upper book case). The mid section has 2 locking compartments and a pull out writing surface. The model is drawn with detailed mortise-tenon and dovetail joinery.

Victorian Secretary Bookcase

This a replica of a Victorian Secretary built with solid Walnut, circa 1860. There is a small flip out lid for a writing surface and the upper cabinet has adjustable shelves. The model is drawn with detailed mortise-tenon and dovetail joinery.