Beautiful Computer Desk Made from Old Door

Maine-based dog photographer Meredith Perdue's & Unlimited Dogs studio is what the British would colloquially call "the dog's bollocks", a beautifully decorated work area anchored by a stunning computer desk fashioned from a door taken from the architectural remnants of her parent's North Carolina plantation home renovation. Topped with glass and placed ontop of a couple of wooden A-frame stands, the desk compliments her Apple iMac quite nicely while providing plenty of work real estate...

We love everything from the faux fireplace to her collection of vintage cameras showcased that compliment the rest of the green, white and black colour scheme. We admit this might be the only time we think placing a flatscreen above the fireplace is okay because of the seating distance and also because the fireplace is a fake. But it's really the plantation door computer desk that stands out as a glowing example of using alternative surfaces for a desk. It's just too bad she couldn't snake the cables through the door handle hole!

After you check out the rest of Meredith's tastefully appointed studio, be sure to take a peek at her portfolio of canine subjects...we'd say the quality of the decor of her studio is indicative of her equally admirable photography work.

Photos: Meredith Perdue

[Via The Inspired Room]

Comments (4)

I love it! My desk is a recycled door on a frame legs too... but its not in as nice a room as the one here. I used the hole where the doorknob used to be to put all my cords & cables through.

posted by stephiekitty on June 20th 2009 at 2:51pm
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That's rad. I grew up with an old door as the computer desk in our den. However, this door was basically a giant heavy flat plank of wood with no beveled features that once served as our door to the garage.

This is much better. I do wonder, however, how often that glass has to be shot with windex.

posted by ErikTheRed on June 23rd 2009 at 2:52pm
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Computer is part of technology and thanks to innovation. Green technology should be practiced.The term "green" is on everyone's minds these days, whether it's getting more green as in making more money, or going green environmentally. The need for more green technology and practices is definitive, as the impact on our environment from our appetites for fossil fuel machinery and methods of generation electricity have takena toll. An effort does have to be made to repair our planet, but many consider the loss of amenities to be too great to surmount. However, there are ways of getting by: solar water heating devices, electric high speed trains getting installed for public transport, and so forth. If you start going a little more green, it's like giving a cash advance to the Earth.

posted by AppleP on June 29th 2009 at 4:36am
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Where can I find the wooden A-frame stands? Or how do I make them?

posted by rreader on July 2nd 2009 at 5:10pm
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