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Back in February and March of 2006, I bought an old eight-drawer desk at a second hand shop for $20. They wanted $50 for it but it was in bad consition and I said I would only give them $20. And as most second hand stores do, they took it. Seems that what second hand stores like the most is second hand money.
I tied the old desk to the top of the car and took it home. If it had fallen off, it would be in the same condition anyway. But I got it home okay. I took it to my basement workshop and got started on it.
I wanted this desk because it was an eight drawer desk. Most stop at seven. Eight drawer desks are a little hard to find. I pulled the drawers out and inspected it and found that it was actually in really good shape construction wise. At some time in it's life, it had been used as a work bench. I could tell because it had holes drilled in the top and was very dirty and had silver spray paint on it. So I new that someone, at some time had put something on top of it to spray paint.
I worked on it for a couple of weeks and got it looking pretty good. This blog highlights some of the pictures I took of the transformation. If you need a desk, don't go out and buy a new one. Check out the antique shops and second hand stores in your area. The old desks were made much better anyhow. And offer them less money than they are asking for it. They are never worth what they want.