Look!: Can you guess the secret hiding in this piece? Washington DC

We love the lines and colors of this elegant piece by Maria Yee, and think it would look great in any living space. Even better, this piece holds a secret- can you guess what it is?...

The Aptos Laptop Workstation is hiding a compact home office! There are openings in the back to allow cords to pass through to the built-in power ports, the top drawer folds down to reveal a laptop storage space and out to provide a desktop, and the bottom drawer is a file cabinet with built-in file guides.

Priced at $2012, the Aptos is made of eco-friendly ghinmu wood, assembled using traditional joinery and finished with natural lacquer. We found this wonderful piece at Bungalow Homewares Gallery; Daryl is one of the only retailers in the DC area carrying pieces by Maria Yee.

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Comments (4)

I just bought a vintage Chippendale breakfront off Craigslist - it has a similar feature that the top "drawer" flops down and slides out to reveal a desktop, organizer slots and drawers like a secretary.

This type of thing is not new.

It's a secretary desk. Quite lovely, but hardly innovative. I was expecting a secretary, actually, when I clicked the link I thought the surprise would be it's NOT a secretary, it's actually, I dunno, a way to hide a big flatscreen or something.

Maria Yeeâ€™s pieces are beautiful, functional and eco-friendly. She fuses ancient joinery techniques with modern production practices to create amazing handcrafted items that will last for generations.

Mariaâ€™s clean-line designs are enhanced by the innovative materials she uses, such as BambooTimbreâ„¢, which is a patent-pending, rapidly renewable material Maria invented as an alternative to hardwood.

Go to www.mariayee.com to see her extensive collection and learn more about her design philosophy.