I'm hoping the SF Design Collective can help me.
I've long wanted a big old antique door desk - a door with some character that I could turn into a desk. Well, I finally sucked it up and found a pretty cool old door down at the local architectural salvage that I thought would fit the bill. It's a nice panelled mahogany door with a deep rich color and I rather like it. I'm planning on buying a piece of glass to put over top of it.
Now the question is - what legs to put under it? I guess I always thought I could go grab a nice pair of trestle legs at Ikea and stuff an old filing cabinet underneath too, but now that I've got the door I'm a bit worried the whole thing will look like too much of a mashup.
Eventually the desk will end up in a house I'm working on that is sort of a Spanish Mission meets Craftsman style, with lots of interior wood paneling and wood floors. It will likely sit on a pretty classic oriental carpet. I like the idea of kind of a modern, clean trestle desk but don't know where to get the legs, or what kind of filing cabinet to combine it with.
Any ideas? The door is pictured below.
I've long wanted a big old antique door desk - a door with some character that I could turn into a desk. Well, I finally sucked it up and found a pretty cool old door down at the local architectural salvage that I thought would fit the bill. It's a nice panelled mahogany door with a deep rich color and I rather like it. I'm planning on buying a piece of glass to put over top of it.
Now the question is - what legs to put under it? I guess I always thought I could go grab a nice pair of trestle legs at Ikea and stuff an old filing cabinet underneath too, but now that I've got the door I'm a bit worried the whole thing will look like too much of a mashup.
Eventually the desk will end up in a house I'm working on that is sort of a Spanish Mission meets Craftsman style, with lots of interior wood paneling and wood floors. It will likely sit on a pretty classic oriental carpet. I like the idea of kind of a modern, clean trestle desk but don't know where to get the legs, or what kind of filing cabinet to combine it with.
Any ideas? The door is pictured below.
