The Hanging Wall Desk
 
Here's a multi-purpose kitchen Information Center that the entire family will find usefull...and it's fast and easy to build, too!

We used maple for our desk, but any hardwood will do, keeping in mind that if you have some hard-pressing writers in the family, super-soft woods such as pine or poplar could take and hold a permanent impression of the messages written on their surfaces.

SIZING NOTE: Check the size of your phone book before cutting your pieces to size. Some of the dimensions may have to be adjusted to accommodate the phone book from your area. Also, you may choose to adjust the depth and width of the small drawer to hold common 3" x 5" recipe cards. Doing this, of course, will affect the size of the phone book compartment, as well (and perhaps the overall size of the desk). Start by using your bandsaw to resaw the stock you'll need to make the 1/2" thick bottom, shelf and drawer components (G,H,J,K,L,M). Then, glue-up these pieces of stock, cut them to size and run them through your thickness planer to bring them to a consistent thickness. Next, glue up the wood you'll need to make the balance of the larger components (A,B,E) and cut them to size.

Desk Assembly	Drawer Layout

NOTE: For the two sides, we started with a single piece of stock, 3/4" x 10" x 20-3/4"…set our table saw's miter gauge to 65 degrees…and cut diagonally across the middle to create our two sides with minimum waste.

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