This beautiful writing desk was conceptualized by talented Sarasota interior designer Richard Carney.  He wanted to provide his client with a one-of-a-kind piece that combined functionality and beauty with irreplaceable local history.  The result is a 6' long, 24" wide cypress desk which features salvaged architectural elements, like the hand-painted beams which originally adorned the lobby of the John Ringling Hotel and decorative corbels turned vertically for the legs.  The front apron was made from one board which was cut and then attached to the drawer front to create the continuous pattern. The highly figured grain of the cypress top is intensified with a warm stain color. 

(click on the photo at the bottom of the page for more history of the Ringling Hotel, where the wood for this project was salvaged!)