Picking the right roll top desk may seem like an easy thing to do but it isn't. First of all, you actually need to ask yourself if you really want such a furniture piece, since it is not the most easy to carry furniture. In most of the cases, it will be a quite heavy desk that will not let you move it around the house in a blink of an eye.
But once you have decided, you need to settle for a wood type, like oak, cherry, etc. Also the color is very important, because it needs to match the rest of the furniture. When all these are decided, you need to find a good price for it, since prices may vary based on where you buy it from, wood condition, wood type, color, etc. Be sure to pick something good, or you will need to go to the store and get some tools to fix what you just bought. I know I did, I went to buy a cordless drill because I didn't pick well the first time. Well...
Then you should also think about how are you gonna bring it home and how you are going to install it in your house. By the way, are you sure the roll top desk you have just purchased fits your doors? Because if you have purchased one piece solid wood desk and it won't fit your door, there will not be much you can do about it, right? I know it happened to me once, just that the desk could be broken apart and put together again after entering the door. Think about it!
A few things to think about when buying a roll top desk
KidKraft Roll Top Desk and Chair
KidKraft Roll Top Desk and Chair is just a regular desk reduced to match the size of a child. Everything's there, regular desk as I have told you! As the name says, it also comes with a chair and the price is very affordable so everybody can buy one for the little one!
The timeless style of this Rolltop Table will look great in any room or play area. The sliding roll top conceals plenty of work and storage space, while the safety stop prevents pinched fingers. 4 spacious drawers provide a place for everything and teaches your child the importance of organization. You know when you bought an exersaucer, remember? It was the first piece you purchased for him, not you consider a roll top desk...
The matching Wood Chair is built to the same high quality standards to withstand years of heavy use and abuse. Table measures 31 x 16 x 35 1/2" h. Chair height measures 14". Heirloom quality children's furniture from KidKraft! State Color. Order Now! KidKraft Roll Top Desk and Chair
KidKraft® Roll Top Desk and Chair is perfect for your child room, it offers a very practical environment and gives your child what he needs to study, while the white color matches any other furniture in the room.
Guidecraft Jr. Roll Top Desk-Oak
OK, this one is for those of you who like to work a bit. Not much, just to put things in order, to assemble things. The Guidecraft Jr. Roll Top Desk- Oak
Actually, it can be quite a fun thing to do, I know I put my own desk together with my wife and it was a very interesting thing to do. Just that, from my personal experience you should measure the door before putting it together.
Personally I assembled my desk in the kitchen and when I tried to move it to the office I realized it doesn't fit the door. Well, I had to break it down again and install it again in the office. But it was still fun! Believe me!
Anyway, the Guidecraft Jr. Roll Top Desk- Oak
The oak color is also an other thing to consider, depending on your home design. I think it looks great, gives a light appearance to a house. If you have natural light in the office, oak is exactly what you need.
White roll top desk by Guidecraft, a very good piece of furniture for children
This is a clear case of junior furniture, built especially for your child to study and learn on it. The lap drawer and the pull-out writing board makes this rolltop desk just perfect for school homework.
The two file drawers are perfect for papers and storage while the roll top interior has multiple storage compartments, pigeon holes and a pencil drawer. What could you ask more? Or what your child could ask more from such a desk?
You know what is the best part? The price! Yes, this is one of those children rolltop desks that are a real catch. At only $209 it can be bought without a big effort that a "normal" furniture would imply.
Also, for those of you who think that white is not quite the color for them, this roll-top desk comes in light oak, for a complete match with the rest of the furniture!
Let's see what parents have to say about it:
From the first moment my daughter saw it, she wanted it. It is perfect for her room. She likes to write poems and little stories, she is quite a little writer and I love her stories, she has such a great imagination. Last month I've got her a new computer and now this roll top desk fits perfectly, giving her all the freedom she needs for her imagination.
Jerry Swanson
Well, seems that parents love it too so why don't you give it a try and find out more for yourself here?
Deluxe oak roll top computer desk from AMBfurniture
There is not that much to say about this roll top desk, beside the fact that it is a good choice for your home. Deluxe oak roll top computer desk
Of course, one of the advices I would give you is to measure up the door, as with any roll top desk, to be sure you can get it into your house.
Antique office furniture is better than modern modular furniture
There is a trend in the last period of time, people are more and more interested in antique office furniture. I have observed this trend recently and I can only be happy about it. Antique office furniture makes people feel they belong to an other era and in most of the cases, this other era is better than the one we currently living in. This is the reason for which people purchase antique roll top desks. It's like with old 500cc motorcycles, sometimes, older bikes win the heart of people, it's vintage, baby!
Antique office furniture is not something for every house. It strongly depends on how you have your house decorated. Of course, if you have a house decorated following the latest tendencies in home design, an antique roll top desk may not be the best choice, but if you value traditional values, an antique roll top desk may be the right choice for you.
Antique office furniture goes well with leather armchairs, with desk statues and why not, with smoking cigars. Well, I joke here, I am not a smoker and I don't advise you to smoke, ok? But each time I think about antique furniture I think of a lawyer or a business man in his office with a cigar. The old desk makes him the master of his universe, helping him to rule the office. This is my personal view of it so don't blame me if you find this to be a pattern that you have seen way too many times.
But,to come back to the point, antique office furniture is taking a good start and lately more and more people showed interest for it. It is not a big thing to go to a local retail store and buy that modular furniture, but it is a very interesting process to go and buy an antique and find it's history and past.
Am I right or what?
A Cherry Roll Top Desk For A Home With Style
Yes, this can be indeed the motto of this beautiful rolltop piece of furniture. For a home with style. And I say this because a few days ago I have heard one of my best friends saying "what a beautiful desk!" looking at it. I was very pleased to see the reaction this roll top desk starts in people looking at it. The beautiful cherry color makes it match classic furniture and natural cherry floors, gives value to a classic home and gives a feeling of stability and continuity. And I don't speak out of the box!
Imagine buying furniture from large retail stores: the same furniture made out of cheap wood, with no personality! And this is exactly what this roll top desk has: personality! It screams beauty and sobriety!
I think that as a rolltop computer desk, it fits perfectly children that have understood the meaning and the values of tradition and money. It is not a furniture to buy and throw away in half a year! No! This cherry roll top desk is there to last! You can use it for a long time without having the fear that it will break or damage in any way! I think this is the actual value of the money: personality over time.
Regal Manor Roll Top Desk is constructed of hardwood solids and veneers in a beautiful Cherry finish. This beautiful cherry finish roll top desk features a drop front keyboard drawer, removable shelves for CPU space with air ventilation, antiqued brass finish hardware and a locking file cabinet. Overall dimensions are 54W x 29D x 51-3/4H. This item will be delivered via our White Glove delivery service. This includes inside delivery, unpacking, set-up and debris removal.
The price of Cherry Roll Top Desk
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Would you like to contribute to build a large collection of roll top desks?
When I first started this website about roll top desks I thought it is going to be easier, but it is not! Getting information and pictures and all the data I need to feed this site up is not an easy to do task, that is for sure! There are many roll top desks and you really need to understand the essence of everyone of them, in order to explain the differences.
There are antique desks, oak, cherry desks, solid wood, children desks, people look for everything and asks for everything so when asked, I need to answer right because this is the only way I can keep this site up and running!
I asked myself if it wouldn't be better to also ask you to help me with developing this site, to have a community of people interested by furniture, desks with roll tops and children furniture, in the end we are all interested in the same things, right?
I think I will add the possibility that you send me informations, requests, interesting and rare roll top desks, etc. All these to be published her eon site with your credentials!
How about it? I think to do this and if I will do it, you will probably see a box with a similar title like send me stuff! I will think about it!
The 62" Solid Wood Roll Top Desk from Wilshire Furniture
Well, the 62" Solid Wood Roll Top Desk from Wilshire Furniture is another good choice for you when you want to buy one of these lovely rolltop desks.
It is designed and built as a rolltop computer desk considering the printer drawer, the central unit stand and the whole ergonomic construction.
Product Features:
- Free Lifetime Warranty
- Constructed of hardwood solids and veneers
- Adjustable pullout pedestal
- 2 utility drawers and 1 file drawer
- File drawer locks and accommodates letter and legal files
- Secretary pullout and wide pullout keyboard tray
- Ships via our White Glove delivery service
As a special observation, before ordering, please be sure to measure any doorways this item will need to pass through. We advice all our customers to do this before ordering.
This 62" Solid Wood Roll Top Desk
is a wonderful choice for your home since a very large percent of our customers considered it very good for themselves and ordered it. It is one of the best selling solid wood computer desk we have and we ubild it and sell it for a long time.
An art form that evolved over time,roll top desks are always beautiful and useful
If you take a look back at how roll top desks evolved over time, you will notice that there are a lot of models, a lot of original ideas, but always keeping the same base line.
There are many manufacturers making such desks, some of them make useful piece of furniture and some of them make real pieces of art. Of course, all rolltop desks are useful, I don't this any manufacturer would put effort into building one that would not be!
But some of them are really passionate and dedicated to this lovely desk and make out of it a real art form.
Oak rolltop desks, cherry or whatever wood they choose, no matter if it is an computer desk or a writing desk, no matter if it is built 2 days ago or it is an antique rolltop desk, every one of them may be an art work. You should follow the development of this furniture piece and see how it evolved, since it is very interesting. I think that since 1840 when it is first reported and until today, it came as a very useful and beautiful utility for everyone's homes.
Next time when you go to a furniture show, look for them and see how they are made. If you are lucky you might see one that has some particularly beautiful ornaments like snakes, lions, cats or birds. You will understand then what it means to really love your work and roll top desks in particular!