Anyone know where to find a desk like this one for less than 500 bucks

[Arkitech]

I'm looking for a desk similar to this one - http://www.crateandbarrel.com/family.aspx?c=881&f=11899 for around 500-600 bucks. Seems like it's hard to find modern desks made from wood these days, most of the desks I see are made from that MDM stuff or some other type of wood subsitute.

So what kind of desk do you have? How much did it cost you?

 

[Kirby64]

I know someone who has a desk that is two filling cabinets for legs, and a door on top of them. The door handle hole makes a good place to route cords

It didn't cost him very much

 

[Greenman]

Mine is a Formica top anchored to the wall with a small cabinet in the middle. Looks very custom in my small office, and cost me about $50.

 

[Old Hippie]

I'm looking for a desk similar to this one - http://www.crateandbarrel.com/family.aspx?c=881&f=11899 for around 500-600 bucks.

There's Amish dudes here in Ohio that will do that for $500.

 

[CrackRabbit]

http://www.ikea.com/webapp/wcs/stores/s...goryId=15801&chosenPartNumber=38088007
Birch, not Oak otherwise looks similar.
http://www.ikea.com/webapp/wcs/stores/s...goryId=15801&chosenPartNumber=30101333
Another in Oak

 

[DainBramaged]

Originally posted by: Kirby64
I know someone who has a desk that is two filling cabinets for legs, and a door on top of them. The door handle hole makes a good place to route cords

It didn't cost him very much

That's pretty manly.

 

[SKORPI0]

I got a "free" 30"x72" oak table top from World Market (aka Cost Plus) when they were throwing it out, legs are broken. Used a filing cabinet and 2 speakers for legs. Table was about $499 when I visited the store middle of 1991.

Pic - same as in sig....

 

[Kirby64]

Originally posted by: SKORPI0
I got a "free" 30"x72" oak table top from World Market (aka Cost Plus) when they were throwing it out, legs are broken. Used a filing cabinet and 2 speakers for legs. Table was about $499 when I visited the store middle of 1991.

Pic - same as in sig....

That's a lot of computers. No space for your legs to go

EDIT: I also have one of those cases, cept made by Antec. Good sturdy cases, albeit heavy.

 

[0roo0roo]

dunno, mines from ikea but its made from real wood, well atleast the top panel

 

[imported_Imp]

From Ikea, got it for $60 CAN and it's 1.6m x 0.8m. Fake wood with metal, but I'm cheap. They have birch models for about $200 as noted above.

 

[MrBond]

Holy crap, that would be about a day job for me to make - and they want a grand for it?

I guess it is walnut, but still. I guess that's the price you pay for not knowing how to build stuff yourself (or having the tools either I suppose).

My desk is solid maple and I built it myself. I would have went with Oak, but I built it while I was in college and moving every semester, so I didn't want a super-heavy desk since it's rather large.