Desktop Organiser Gallery
Welcome to the Desktop Organiser community gallery. You can watch Paul’s introduction to the project here.
Paul’s example…
Now over to you!
Desktop Organiser by ENRIQUE HULSZ
Huanacaxtle wood that belonged to my great grandfather. Walnut drawer pull. Oil finish. This was a Christmas present for my mother. I made a second one for my brother as well Had to guess dimensions and everything since the videos weren’t available when I built it. Enjoyed this project so much and learned a lot! Thank you Mr Sellers
Desktop Organiser by Dudley
Desktop Organiser by Benoît Van Noten
First attempt made in pine. Started before the video series, so there are some differences. 19 mm thick wood; arbitrary dimensions; top compartment and drawer bottoms in grooves; tails and pins not on the same sides; and some mistakes…
Desktop Organiser by steven newman
desktop organizer made of Ash,with a brass handle.
Desktop Organiser by Kurt Schultz
Meranti and maple offcuts. Scraps in the bin, really…or so I thought! Now a piece of furniture sits proudly (through my eyes) on my desk! Thank you, Paul for opening up my eyes, mind, and heart as to what can be done.
Desktop Organiser by Beno
My second organiser, made out of meranti.
Desktop Organiser by Brian Morrissey
Had fun building this. Made from reclaimed pine, mostly pallet type wood.
Desktop Organiser by CB Belanger
My attempt at Paul’s desktop organizer.
Desktop Organiser by Russell Puryear
American black walnut from a tree cut by my grandfather about 1950.
Desktop Organiser by Josef Zahn
Desktop Organizer in arolla pine
Desktop Organiser by Patrick Rippl
Made from Ash and a strip of ebony for the drawer pull. Three coats of shellac and a final coat of furniture wax buffed out. My first serious ‘Paul Sellers’ Project.
Desktop Organiser by Sean Harry
Desktop Organizer – Sean’s version
Desktop Organiser by Kevin Pickup
Desktop organiser from reclaimed mahogany door
Desktop Organiser by Jerry Carell
Made with birch and finished with 5 coats of amber shellac. The box itself is 4 3/8″ high, otherwise the dimensions are the same as Paul’s.
Desktop Organiser by Marco Cividin
Mahogany, surface finish blonde shellach and wax
Desktop Organiser by Chris Otterwell
Recycled mahogany (I think) from an old sideboard. Corona virus isolation project! Time well spent.
Desktop Organiser by Adam Foster
My second attempt at the desk top organiser. I used Tulip wood for the box except the draw handle which is ebonized Oak. Also my second attempt at wood carving on the lid.
Desktop Organiser by Matt Sims
100% reclaimed wood. Carcase and drawer are meranti, from a neighbours old door, lid and base pine. from shelf via freegle, and handle was a “stick in my box of bits! Fined with sanding sealer and clear wax.
Desktop Organiser by Wim Leplae
Desktop organiser in pine, meranti drawer pull, finished with 3 coats of lemon shellac and traditional furniture wax. Self-made hinges out of metal-stud sheetmetal and a nail, because shops are closed-down due to Corona.
Desktop Drawer Organiser by Taniguchi C., all the way from Brazil!
A hybrid of paul’s newer desktop organizer with the older 2-drawer tool organizer. Thats funny, because im not an organized man at all. Carcass made from Cedrinho (translates from portuguese as “little cedar”, but its a hardwood – although a rather light and not so hard one) and the drawer fronts and breadboard-end edges are Angelim Pedra (stone-Angelim. Yes, it is as hard to mill as the name implies.) Finished with a self concocted Danish Oil (1/3 boiled linseed oil 1/3tung oil 1/3 mineral spirits), topped with 3 coats of amber/dark orange shellac (only one which I had access to. Both finishes darkened the wood quite a lot. The Cedrinho is a quite clear toned, bland wood, which came to life quite aurprisingly with the shellac over the oil (the oil alone didn’t gave it too much color or grain contrast) and the angelim was an orange-pinkish, quite clear too, and became this rich reddish-brown. The top and drawer fronts are “french half-polished” as I kind of gave up midway because I was unsure of what I was doing. But I liked the end result anyway. This was my first dovetailed carcass, first half blind dovetails, second breadboard ends (man, those things are hard to make. the joint lines are pretty gappy at the top- and thats the good side up!) Thanks a lot Paul, Joseph, Phil and crew for the amazing content. You reach out and touch peoples lives, giving us something special to cultivate and strive for .
Desktop Organiser by Matt Lund
Desktop organizer with brass knob in a mystery wood
Desktop Organiser by Glen Drake
I used a leftover mahagony plank, hand resawn, so the wood is thinner than the plan and I used inexpensive hinges. My first hidden dovetails! Finish is blond shellac from flakes.
Desktop Organiser by Giorgio
Desktop organizer in Meranti. With a variation in hand drawer. Finished with linsed boiled oil.
Desktop Organiser by MARCIN KLOS
Desktop Organiser by rseelig
The corona virus has offered time to make projects, like this box made from a couple of old hickory boards that had been hanging around for years and a scrap of black walnut.
Desktop Organiser by Taylor Devlin
Deksktop organiser made from reclaimed oak flooring. My first dovetail work in hardwood. Dear oh Dear!
Desktop Organiser by MARCIN KLOS
My second attempt at desktop organiser. Maranti and padauk (drawer bottom and box divider), finished with BLO. Far from perfect, but I see improvement. I’m definitely going to do couple more. It’s such fun and satisfying project.
Desktop Organiser by beach512
Desktop Organizer box built exactly to Paul’s plans. Made from cherry.
Desktop Organiser by Scott Smith
A few mother’s day presents.
Desktop Organisers by EmuGuitars
Pine with felt liners. Gifts for sisters & brother in law.
Desktop Organiser by Gary Gibbons
African Mahogany and Walnut with Purple Heart divider and Pacific Madrone drawer bottom.
Desktop Organiser by Neil Macmillan
Wood salvaged from a dumpster. Finished with tung oil and lined with a leather for the pull I used beach glass.
Desktop Organiser by Stephen Marchesani
Figured Cherry shipped to a friend in isolation during the pandemic to remind him he isn’t alone. He provided the wood 5 years ago.
Desktop Organiser by rayc21
Made from maranti finished with four coats of shellac and waxing. Made taller to suit
Desktop Organiser by Sharon Casa
In cherry and walnut. Finished with Watco Danish oil and Trewax. Made for my 6 y.o. daughter.
Desktop Organiser by Chris
Desktop Organiser by MIKE OBRYAN
Desktop Organiser by Marcus Austen
Oak and Sapele desktop organiser for office. First time ever using half blind dovetails.
Desktop Organiser by David Vergona
Walnut organizer with 3 coats shellac and past wax
Desktop Organiser by Fernando Pinto
My first project with this complexity. Wood used is andiroba (Brazil)
Desktop Organiser by Jean Claude Peeters
Desktop Organiser by Jean Claude Peeters
Desktop Organiser by Nenad Jankovic
Desktop organiser from pine with oak front. Posing on the chair with upholstery done by Paul instructions.
Desktop Organiser by donhatch
Cherry wood. Has a sliding tray and no lid.
Desktop Organisers by Leon Goldman
Organizers of Curly Maple and Roasted Walnut
Desktop Organiser by philip higgins
Present for my mother in law made out of wood from her grandmothers side table
Desktop Organiser by Martin Hawkins
Desktop organiser made with poplar and sapele
Desktop Organizer by Bryan Donovan
Desktop organizer made out of various scraps. Hard maple, western maple, walnut, hickory (I think), and the shelf bottom is white oak.
Desktop Organiser by Gary Hillary
1st proper build. Oak jewellery box for my wife’s Christmas present. Re-purposed oak coffee table she thinks I’m storing in the workshop!!! Shellac and wax finish.
Desktop Organiser by Kyle Carman
This piece was made from a single piece of curly maple and walnut accent dowel, I finished it with BLO and furniture wax. This is a jewelry box for my mother but I modeled it after the Desktop organizer. Firstly I tried the dovetails in the front a couple of times and the gaps were so big I changed to half laps. Secondly, drawer dovetails are hard and I had big gaps and some were so loose I ended up securing them with a single walnut dowel and filling the gaps with maple sawdust and glue. The piece was frustrating (fitting joints) yet fun and I thank you for your instruction and guidance. Respectfully, Kyle Carman (US, Kentucky resident)
Desktop Organiser by Chuck Wimpee
My Kentucky dark walnut with poplar rendition of Paul’s Desktop Organiser
Desktop Organiser by Peter Profeta
Walnut and curly maple with wenge draw pull
Desktop Organiser by Ralph
Desk top organizer in catalpa with mahogany pull and shellac finish
Desktop Organiser by Chris Michael
Ash and Meranti
Desktop Organiser by CJ
Desktop Organiser by CJ
Two-drawer version of Paul’s design using mahogany with ebony pulls.
Desktop Organiser by Arjan de Jong
The desktop organiser made of maple and walnut.
Desktop Organiser by Liviu Cerchez
Desktop Organiser by kjo
Desktop organizer in walnut and ash.
Desktop Organiser by Andrew Scott
Queensland silky oak and African wenge, four coats of blonde, de-waxed shellac, and beeswax to finish. About 3/4″ wider and deeper than Paul’s original design.
Desktop Organiser by 王欣
Black walnut
Desktop Organiser by Tim F
A gift for my daughter. Cherry with Utile drawer-pull and shellac/wax finish. A very enjoyable and educational project (my first drawer!) – thanks Paul.
Desktop Organiser by Erhard du Toit
My Interpretation of the Desktop Organiser – a Watch Storage Box
Desktop Organiser by Matt Sims
Made entirely from reclaimed scraps. I think all from doors. Pine, Meranti and a little bit of oak in the drawer. Wax on shellac finish.
Desktop Organiser by Chas Johnston
Small version of desktop organiser, meranti and shellac
Keepsake Boxes by James Light
Christmas gifts I made after seeing a picture Paul posted.
Keepsake Box by kevin winsor
Keepsake box, cherry with rosewood. Wooden hinge.
Keepsake Box by John Kirwan
Keepsake box for Semi-Precious Stones
Keepsake Box by Scott Smith
Cherry finished with shellac
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