A BEDROOM DESK
When a writing-table is required in a small bedroom, space may be saved by making a drawer in a chest or dressing-table serve as a writing-desk. The top drawer of the average dress-ing-table is usually at a suitable level for the purpose. A narrow strip of wood should be screwed into each side of this drawer, just below the top. These strips serve as supports for a piece of three-ply wood, cut to fit exactly Inside the top of the drawer. There should be a small round fingerhole at each side of this sheet of wood, so that it may easily be lifted out. and its upper surface should be stained and , polished to match the dressing-table.
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Timaru Herald, Volume CXLIII, Issue 20669, 6 March 1937, Page 11 (Supplement)
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120A BEDROOM DESK Timaru Herald, Volume CXLIII, Issue 20669, 6 March 1937, Page 11 (Supplement)
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