This desk by Michael Robbins blends practical utility with elegant details such as its slender base with turned legs and curved side profiles. Construction is broken into two parts--top and base. The joinery for the top section is uncomplicated mortise and tenons. The two-part desktop is part solid wood and part plywood, which is covered with leather to make a blotter. The base, with its turned legs, is a straightforward frame secured by bridle...