Fraction to Glory
Refinishing the writing table So once upon a time, I had this small & narrow computer table which would fit in a corner of my bedroom. I grew out of that quite a few years back, and my dad was using it as a writing desk since then. He has this tray full of sundry items (mostly papers and old diaries) that he used to stack on the table top, along-with his watch, phone and laptop. The bottom shelf was not used much as it was open and cats could easily access anything there. The paint was faded, the laminate on top was brittle and the plywood in the lower rack was peeling in places. So I decided to give the table a makeover and extend it's usable life. Here's the table as it was being used by my dad Started by scraping off the old laminate with a chisel and done Next, got rid of the old trim The new plan is to have the table covered on 3 sides using 6 mm ply, and have a shelf in the middle. Cut a few pieces of ply to size Cut 4 holde