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Recycled Airplane Wing Desk by Reestore

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Apparently we've got some strange plane fetish going on lately, evidenced by last week's post about an old plane turned hostel and now today, this wing desk named "Deborah". There is something kind of dreamy about plane parts...

 
 

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We spotted this clever creation over at Inhabitat. Initially, the desk, designed by Reestore, was a special order request for business tycoon Theo Paphitis. Now, for a mere $5000.00 you too could own your very own wing desk. If by chance that's not in this year's budget, at least this desk will get you thinking about other strange but curious things you could repurpose into a desk.

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inspiration, green ideas, tables - desks, Inhabitat, creative reuse, Deborah, Reestore

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Doubtless I'm over-sensitive, but my first thought is that, right now, this post is in quite poor taste.

posted by Jean on June 2nd 2009 at 11:42am
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Maybe I'm just over-sensitive, but this seems kind of in bad taste today, given the Air France accident...

posted by Marie on June 2nd 2009 at 11:47am
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came to post same thought.

posted by bullyproofvest on June 2nd 2009 at 11:55am
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Yep. this is real bad timing.

posted by twoheadedboy on June 2nd 2009 at 12:06pm
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Yup! Was thinking the exact same thing.

posted by Elfya on June 2nd 2009 at 12:12pm
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While acknowledging that this post came at the wrong time, I would love to have one of these for my husband's office, since he builds military aircraft.

posted by indie.mom on June 2nd 2009 at 12:16pm
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Funny that the office pictured also features the shopping cart turned into a chair.

posted by Aaron on June 2nd 2009 at 12:27pm
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My apologies about the timing of this post. This post was prescheduled before the accident.

posted by boston_kyle on June 2nd 2009 at 12:28pm
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Not only is this post ill-timed, but the idea is not well designed either.

The aluminum leg supports holding the desk look awful, and the support has a wing through it instead of an elegant fin.

0 stars.

posted by guerilla on June 2nd 2009 at 1:17pm
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i agree, fugly desk

and that shopping cart chair too

posted by iroh on June 2nd 2009 at 2:56pm
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For what its worth, plane crashes (particularly for small aircraft like the one this desk looks to be made of) happen surprisingly often - not that I'm trying to make light of a terrible accident.

I think it looks awesome but I probably wouldn't want to own one. Could you image trying to clean inside the wing? And if you didn't it would get so dusty.

posted by MatildaScott on June 2nd 2009 at 5:20pm
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clever yet overpriced.

posted by Seaside on June 2nd 2009 at 6:51pm
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Love the idea, but not the execution.

Or the price.

posted by sunspot42 on June 3rd 2009 at 10:23pm
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