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Wow! Really great job. I've been in another unit in this complex and it is a challenging little, but beautiful space.

The desk is very crude. The fake veneer is extremely rough around the edges and is wobbly and falling apart in every display I've passed. I really wanted to like this desk.

This is dangerous. A thing called flash-over is a big risk with this - essentially, if something was to light one on fire, the entire room's wall will go up in flames in a matter of seconds. This is why colleges have rules about posters touching on walls - many-a-dorm fires have been caused by this. Just a 1/2" space between paper on a wall will stop a fire from raging across the entire surface.

I have a pretty wide experience with tung oil - I used to finish guitars with it and have coated most of a victorian home with the stuff.

Pure tung oil is okay - it isn't as resistant modern finishes, but it looks 110% "deeper" and natural than most modern finishes. After much trial and error I found that the engineered tung oil has the best balances of desirable properties. It is tung oil with dissolved hardening polymers - it builds the deep, oil finish (instead of the plastic coating look of shellac/poly finishes) and it is resistant to wear, water and even alcohol. I once put 25 coats on a guitar and it looked amazing - better than any lacquer yet with no expensive equipment and minimal effort (10 minutes to prep, 10 minutes to cat, 24 to dry).

I wouldn't say it is green as I went through tons and tons of foam brushes using the stuff on the top coats.

@bumblebee - I painted my bedroom this color a few places back. It has one rather large window and even the moonlight made it positively glow to the point at which I couldn't sleep. You have to be very committed to this color in a sleeping room.

I have the Helmer and I love it. It has held up, survived a move, and is still going strong. One thing to keep in mind is that the drawers seem to glide better with load. My only gripe is that the drawers are not full extension and if you are not paying attention you can pull whole thing out.

I work at UArts, I'm pretty sure they are not still installed, still clever though.

I do have a TV in the bedroom. I know people will disagree with me but I need it to fall asleep - I live in the middle of a city and the sudden noises will startle me awake in the middle of the night; having the TV volume on low really helps to even out the noise level. I would note that it is a small TV - a simple 13" - I one time had a 27" that the light alone would keep me awake.