Timber Vintique

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Mid Century Floating Desk Small Office

$250.00

Timber Vintique


Size: 16"W x 18"D
Custom dimensions on request

Every piece is built to order — send us your target size and we confirm feasibility and price before you pay.

In stock

Made to order — about 4 weeks from payment to delivery, sometimes 6.

  1. Order placed
  2. Details confirmed
  3. Built by hand
  4. Shipped & delivered

We keep you updated at every step

From the moment your order comes in, we stay in touch — order confirmation and detail check first, then build updates and photos from the workshop, then tracking and a scheduled delivery window. From payment to your doorstep, you always know where your piece is.

We send photos of your finished piece before it ships.

White-glove delivery, included

Room-of-choice placement and full unboxing, on us.

Made to order in solid wood

Free US shipping — fully insured

Returns within 30 days of payment, freight arranged for you

Details
Available sizes
16"W x 18"D20"W x 18"D24"W x 18"D30''W x 18''D34"W x 18"D40"W x 18"D45"W x 18"D48"W x 18"D
Material
Solid walnut
Custom sizes
On request
Lead time
About 4 weeks — sometimes 6

Natural grain. Finished by hand.

The form of this floating desk is shaped by natural grain, then its visible wood surfaces are refined and finished by hand.

What is included

Only the wooden floating desk is sold.

Not included: chairs, stools, tableware, rugs, plants, and lighting; loose mounting or installation hardware; other non-wood accessories; decorative objects and styling props.

Details at a glance

  • What's sold: wooden floating desk
  • Available wood: Walnut
  • Available sizes: 16"W x 18"D
    20"W x 18"D
    24"W x 18"D
    30''W x 18''D
    34"W x 18"D
    40"W x 18"D
    45"W x 18"D
    48"W x 18"D
  • Not included: chairs, stools, tableware, rugs, plants, and lighting; loose mounting or installation hardware; other non-wood accessories; decorative objects and styling props

Natural wood, one piece at a time

Wood grain, knots, edge contours, and color naturally vary from piece to piece. Product images show the expected character rather than an identical grain pattern.

General care

These products are not waterproof. Their durable wood-and-finish construction is designed to handle ordinary accidental spills when liquid is wiped up promptly. Avoid standing water, soaking, submersion, and harsh cleaners.

SKU: MPK-FD-10160-01

Dimensions & assembly

Exact dimensions for each size are listed on the option you select above. Most pieces arrive fully assembled; wall-mounted designs include hardware and a template. Measure doorways and stair turns before ordering — most pieces pass a standard 32-inch doorway.

Care: wipe with a soft, dry cloth and oil the grain once or twice a year to keep the surface nourished.

Shipping & returns

Your piece ships free in a protective wooden crate. Freight delivery comes with a scheduled window and tracking; white-glove service — carried inside, placed, packaging removed — is available at checkout.

Returns: 30 days from payment. Pieces need to be unused and in original condition — we arrange the freight pickup and walk you through repacking. Damaged or defective on arrival? We repair, replace or refund at no cost. Made-to-order pieces can be changed or cancelled while the build has not started.

Solid walnut · Floating desk

A workday on one walnut plank

The piece

Plate I
Plate II

The office that disappears into the wall it hangs on.

Our designers pared the desk to a single 1.5-inch walnut plank, mounted so the live edge faces the room. Each board is selected for its chocolate figure — solid walnut, not veneer over a hollow core that dents at the first mug — then shaped, hand-sanded through the grits, and oiled until the surface asks to be touched.

Not every home has a spare room for an office; most have a hallway nook, a bedroom corner, or the closet that got repurposed. Hung there, this claims zero floor and gives a small home a real workplace — thick enough that a leaning forearm meets no flex. When the laptop closes on Friday, guests see a live-edge shelf for keys and mail, not a desk waiting for Monday.

  • No spare room? Laptop station claims zero floor space
  • Doubles as a display shelf off the clock
  • Solid 1.5-inch walnut stays flat under work
  • Turns hallway nooks and corners into offices
  • Live edge faces the room, not hardware

It fits real homes.

The 7:02 check

The 7:02 check

Coffee in one hand, inbox scanned standing up before the school run. The little walnut ledge in the hallway handles the day's first ten minutes of work, and on a webcam the grain behind reads calm — a coworker asks about it before the agenda.

Homework under the lamp

Homework under the lamp

After dinner, one kid, one 2700K lamp, one math worksheet on the wood. The desk is exactly big enough for the job and too small for distractions — pencil dents and an eraser smudge wipe away, and deeper marks spot-sand out on a Saturday.

Friday, laptop closed

Friday, laptop closed

At five the laptop shuts, slides to the wall, and the desk goes back to being a shelf for keys and mail until Monday. The office vanishes for the weekend, and the corner reads as a chosen piece, not an office castoff.

Available sizes
16"W x 18"D20"W x 18"D24"W x 18"D30''W x 18''D34"W x 18"D40"W x 18"D45"W x 18"D48"W x 18"D
Material
Solid walnut
Doorway fit
Fits standard 32-inch doorways
Lead time
Made to order

Every piece is made to order, and dimensions vary from one to the next. Need a different size for your space? Tell us your measurements and we'll build it to fit.

Teak, up close.

No two boards alike

Straight grain broken by curls, waves, and darker mineral streaks crosses the worksurface — chocolate tones that come from the tree itself, never from a stain. The board you get is proof it is solid walnut, not a printed sheet.

No two boards alike

A hand-rubbed depth

A simple oil finish is all walnut asks. The desktop polishes to a smooth, lustrous depth that pulls a resting hand across the surface between emails — a low sheen under window light, no plastic gloss to fingerprint.

A hand-rubbed depth

Gunstock toughness

At about 1,010 on the Janka scale, the walnut top absorbs the daily knocks of laptops, mugs, and pens without turning brittle — the resilience that kept it in gunstocks for a century. A gouge spot-sands and re-oils in ten minutes.

Gunstock toughness

Mellows, never fades

The desktop settles into a warmer, more personal patina with each year of work and window light. Kiln-dried twenty days, it finished moving before the first cut, so the plank stays flat when a dry January drops the room to 20 percent humidity.

Mellows, never fades

From plank to piece.

The wood selection

The wood selection

Walnut boards are pulled one at a time for figure and a live edge worth facing the room, by selectors with thirty years at the stacks. Twisted or dull stock never makes the cut.

The shaping process

The shaping process

The plank is cut slightly proud of the line, the wall side squared for the cleat, the front edge left as it grew.

The hand refinement

The hand refinement

The worksurface and edges are sanded by hand through successive grits until the writing area feels right under a resting forearm.

The final inspection

The final inspection

Oil goes on in thin coats, buffed between each. The maker checks cleat fit, level, and finish before the desk is signed out.

One maker follows each piece from rough plank to the final coat of oil, and signs off before it is crated.

The Timber Vintique workshop

No two boards alike

The grain that arrives is yours alone.

  1. Every board is cut from a different tree — the photos here are a reference, not a promise.
  2. Your piece is photographed in the workshop before it ships, so you see your exact grain.
  3. Small knots and mineral streaks come with real wood. We leave them in.

Delivery, done properly.

White-glove option

Choose white-glove and the crew brings the piece inside, places it in the room, and removes every bit of packaging.

Crated for freight

Each piece travels in its own wooden crate with corner protection, built to cross the country without a scuff.

Scheduled window

You get a delivery appointment and tracking — not a truck that shows up unannounced.

Honest returns

30 days from payment. If it isn't right — unused, in original condition — we arrange the freight pickup. Made-to-order terms are stated up front.

Questions customers usually ask

What exactly is a floating desk?
Each floating desk is a solid-wood worksurface with an integrated hanging system — no legs, no frame, just a plank thick enough to hold a full workday without flexing. Solid walnut, not a veneered hollow-core shelf that bows under a monitor arm.
What size is this build, and can it grow?
This build is a compact 16-by-18-inch surface in 1.5-inch-thick walnut, priced per piece — sized for a laptop nook. Wider runs and cable slots are cut to order; tell us the wall it will hang on, and tape the outline on it first to check the fit.
How strong is the wall mount?
The desk hangs on a concealed steel cleat with included hardware, anchored into at least two studs. Once mounted into studs, it holds far more than a desk setup ever will; a paper template locates every screw.
What maintenance is involved?
Wipe with a slightly damp cloth, use a pad under heavy daily writing, and re-oil once a year when it looks thirsty — twenty minutes. Check the mounting screws once a year as the seasons move the wall; the plank itself arrived already at equilibrium from the kiln.
How does it arrive?
Floating desks are made to order and ship flat in heavily padded cartons with cleat and template included, ready to hang rather than assemble. Tracking follows the box from the workshop to your door; if it arrives damaged, photograph it and we make it right.

Made to order

Built for you. Signed by the maker.

From $250.00

Just-opened wooden crate revealing the corner of a natural-wood piece

A letter from the workshop

The Workshop Journal

Wood care notes, new pieces, and rooms we've delivered — a short letter, once a month.

Read the journal