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Saturday
23Dec2006

"Desk Tidys"

In the last few days I've been making "desk tidys" to go in two of the bureau cubby holes.  The depth of the cabinet has meant that there's plenty of space to divide up to take things like staplers, paper clips, pens etc.  The teardrop drawer pulls are a nice touch that to my eye fits in well with the general "Arts and Crafts" feel of the piece, and to a certain extent mirror the shape of the brass handle on the desktop.

Here's the right hand one....

 


 

The one on the left has a small box with dividers that drops in...
 
 

 

 Here they are seen in place.

 

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