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Student Room and Retreat Find out how to tone down a colorful room into a calming retreat. From "Ready As She Grows" episode DASG-105

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Drop-leaf Dry Sink Update

The desk used in previous episodes, is modified with a drop-leaf addition to create stow-away surface space.

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Paint:

Totally Tan SW6115

Materials:

paint brush
jigsaw
dry sink
48" piano hinge
2 16" ball bearing slider hinges
1" screws
1"x2" poplar lumber
pine plywood

	Figure F
	Figure G

1. Purchase a piece of pine plywood 35" x 48" long.

2. Paint the plywood to match the furniture using "Totally Tan".

3. Create curved detail—six inches at the deepest—using a jigsaw (figure F).

4. Attach the plywood to the front 3/4 inch edge of the top of the dry sink using a 48 inch long piano hinge.

5. Add "props" which will hold the drop leaf in place by drilling two 16 inch ball bearing slider hinges--capable of holding 100 pounds--to the sides of the dry sink, directly underneath the existing top using one inch screws.

6. Attach two pieces of 1 x 2 poplar lumber--painted "Totally Tan"—to the slider hinges (figure G) at the pre-marked holes. When slid out, the 1 x 2's and slider hinges will prop up the drop leaf and hold it parallel to the existing dry sink surface.

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