Antique secretary laptop desk and cool retro PC mod!
I routinely use my laptop setup in my grandma’s vintage secretary. It is a gorgeous piece of furniture. Every time I sit down at it I think fondly of her.
The secretary is very functional with its fold out desktop surface. I would eventually like to build (or have built) a slightly larger version that could accommodate a full PC but keep the old-school antique look. 🙂
Curious about what exactly a secretary desk is?!
Secretary desk – Wikipedia, the free encyclopediahttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Secretary_deskA secretary desk is made of a base of wide drawers topped by a desk with a hinged desktop surface, which is in turn topped by a bookcase usually closed with a pair of doors, often made of glass. The whole is usually a single, tall and heavy piece of furniture, not meant to be disassembled after manufacture, no matter what problems might be incurred in moving it from place to place.
The secretary that I use:
Here is the secretary I use with my 17″ Dell M6500 and external keyboard/mouse:
(sorry for the poor photo quality)
Along those lines, here’s a odd but super-cool retro PC build:
Sputnik 0667 PC Mod By Love Hulten » Geeky Gadgetshttp://www.geeky-gadgets.com/sputnik-0667-pc-mod-by-love-hulten-13-06-2011/We have featured quite a few different PC mods here at Geeky Gadgets, the latest one is is the creation of Love Hulten from Sweden, and he describes the Sputnik 0667 as “a…
Sputnik 0667 PC mod: perfect for your early 1900s living room — Engadgethttp://www.engadget.com/2011/06/21/sputnik-0667-pc-mod-perfect-for-your-early-1900s-living-room/[click to read more]
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