Appleton Dance

Ben and Angie like the look of the steampunk designs they've seen on Pinterest, so Ben thought he'd try a steampunk design for a new desk for Jake's room. Jake recently got an elevated bed, freeing up space for this new built-in desk, a reading nook, and his piano keyboard. Ben used a piece of Formica-covered MDF that was originally a corner desk for a printer. He shaped the piece into a desk and a shelf, and hung the built-ins with approximately $50 invested in an assortment of half-inch, black-pipe (iron, gas pipe) lengths and fixtures purchased in the plumbling section of Home Depot.  The shelf is supported with four braces created from black-pipe fixtures anchored into the wall with molly sleeves.  Each supporting fixture for the shelf consists of  one floor flange, one street 45 fixture (  (this fixture is a 45-degree angle with a male fitting on one end and female fitting on the other end) , one 2-inch nipple, another street 45, and a second floor fl