The nice folks over at Classroom Friendly Supplies sent me one of their desktop pencil sharpeners to review — in green, of course! It is a perfectly vintage shade of green too. This sharpener has a clamp to attach to the table so there is no drilling necessary to keep it from moving. The only…
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Ask The Desk: Cambridge Satchel
Mary Ann asked: How has the Cambridge leather satchel been working for you? I am interested in getting one but would like to know more about it from a user. I’ve had my Cambridge satchel for well over a year now. It is a classic English school satchel in medium brown and measures 15″x10″x4″. Its…
Signo e Signo: RT Showdown
You know you are a pen nerd when you hear that there’s a new design to a favorite pen and feel inclined to do a side-by-side comparison. If you’re still with me, shall I begin? One of my favorite gel pen lines is the Uni-Ball Signo DX/RT line. When I first got into the Japanese…
Power Gems! Pilot Hi-Tec C Maica Review
I wanted to have a set of pens I could keep at work rather than to transport my pens back and forth so when I saw that there was a new series of the Pilot Hi-Tec C series called Maica, I decided I had my excuse so I bought all 12 colors. Instead of the…
Day of the Desks
Today I want to share some home office inspiration, from feminine and floral to sparse and even a dark, dramatic option. Enjoy!
Apologies for Technical Difficulties
Over the last 48 hours, I’ve had a few glitches in the finely oiled machine that is The Well-Appointed Desk. On Sunday night, our power went out at 9pm and was not restored until 11am Monday, by which point I was already at work. So… I was unable to get a new post up…
Clairefontaine 1951 Notebook Review
The Clairefontaine Back To Basics Le Carnet 1951 notebooks are cardstock-covered and a cahier style. The covers are flexible cardstock, perfect for folding open or back as needed. This book is 5.8″ x 8.3″ and contains 48-pages. It’s staple-bound in two places and is filled with 90 gsm paper. They remind me of composition notebooks.…