Real-Life Redo: Home Office Makeover

An underused home office gets the ultimate promotion with added storage, organization, and style.

Stainless Steel Desktop
Photo: Laurey W. Glenn

Stainless Steel Desktop

A longer desktop, raised to countertop level, provides more elbow room and a comfortable height for Scott to draw. A metalsmith cut and shaped a sheet of stainless steel to fit like an apron over a plywood desktop and affixed it with glue. “If you have a countertop you want to transform, this is an easy upgrade with little construction,” says Anne Turner.

Love it?  Get it!
Countertop: Sheet of stainless steel over Formica by Kenneth McGill Designs; 205/401-0910.
Woven box and tray: from Pottery Barn.

 


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