| If you are looking for a fairly cheap writing desk, | | | | provide your own tools. |
| fortunately there are quite a few options available to | | | | Goodwill, Salvation Army and other such places also |
| you, although this can be more difficult if you are | | | | often carry pieces of furniture. If they do not have it |
| looking for one that is not a standard size. Other | | | | in their shop, you could always let them know what |
| options, if you cannot find what you are looking for, | | | | you are searching for. That way, if it comes in they |
| is to make one yourself which is not really that | | | | will be able to contact you and let you know. The |
| difficult. | | | | same holds true for second hand furniture shops, as |
| Perhaps the first place you may want to look is on | | | | they often get a fairly good turnover in secondhand |
| Craigslist or on another local bulletin board. Frequently | | | | furniture and are usually willing to keep your contact |
| people advertise their old, no longer needed furniture | | | | details on hand in case something suitable comes in. |
| on these type of lists and they are usually fairly | | | | If you want to make your own, without necessarily |
| cheap too. Alternatively, you can actually advertise | | | | going to all the trouble of building one up from |
| yourself on these lists, stating specifically what you | | | | scratch, another idea is to visit your local Home |
| are looking for by giving the exact dimensions you | | | | Depot and check out their counter section. You could |
| need. It is fairly common for others to read such | | | | simply buy two smaller sized counters and a piece of |
| advertisements and realize they have something that | | | | counter-top. Set the counter beside each other, with |
| would suit, whereas they may not necessarily go to | | | | a small space in between where you legs can go, and |
| all the trouble of advertising it themselves. | | | | place the counter-top on top of the counters. In |
| Another great place to look is at Overstock. They | | | | most cases you do not even need to actually fix the |
| have a lot of decent furniture again at very good | | | | counter top to the cabinets as it is usually heavy |
| prices. The downside is that you may have to | | | | enough to sit firmly on top without moving. Another |
| assemble the desk yourself, however these desks | | | | alternative, along similar lines, is to use two |
| will come with fairly detailed instructions on how to | | | | appropriate height file cabinets and lay a counter top |
| put the desk together and they will also include all the | | | | over those. That way you will also have additional |
| parts needed to do so, though you will need to | | | | drawer space, which is always useful. |