Shaker-Style Work Tables and Desks High & Low

Shaker-Style Work Tables and Desks
High & Low

Shaker style furniture is well-loved for its clean lines and warm wood tones. One of our favorite pieces is the classic work table, historically used as a multi-purpose piece and often reinterpreted by contemporary furniture-makers as a computer or writing desk...

1 The beechwood Studio Home Office Computer Desk from Walmart is well priced at $119. Beechwood has a more orange-colored tint than the other woods shown.

2 Overstock.com sells the birch Archer Desk and Hutch, a contemporary version of a Shaker writing desk, for $390.

3 Shaker Style in New Hampshire sells a handcrafted Two-Drawer Writing Table for $850.

4 A maple Two-Drawer Shaker-Style Work Table can be purchased from Shaker Workshops in Massachusetts as a kit for $500 or a finished piece for $1,000.

5 The most expensive one of the bunch is a custom-made cherry Shaker-Style Table for sale at Stellar Union in Southamton, NY for $2,800.

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www.gothiccabinetcraft.com is another good resource for those of you in NYC. Not sure if they ship to other locales.

posted by queenbee1230 on September 29th 2009 at 4:22pm
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I have the table in #4. It might be my favorite possession. Every time I look at it, its design makes me happy. The proportions and the turned legs are perfect. Right now it's a sideboard in my living room; it was my desk in high school and after college.

posted by Liana on September 29th 2009 at 4:24pm
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