The Neal L-Shaped Hardwood Desk with Modesty Panel

Default Dimensions - Can be modified down to the inch
Total Height: 30"
Depth: 28"

Materials:
- 1.5"-thick solid wood desktop made from locally recovered lumber
- 1.5" x 1.5" iron tube
- Perforated iron sheet
- Adjustable feet

Finishes:
- Hardwoods finished with satin hard-wax oil
- Low-carbon iron finished with powder coating
- See Care Instructions on Materials page for more information on wood and metal finishes.

Additional:
- Once we receive your deposit we will, upon request, provide a design rendering of your Neal L-Shaped Desk in order to clarify dimensions, design and orientation.
- Email us at furniture@parkmanwoodworks.com for additional questions about product specifications.

White glove delivery within Southern California ranges from $150 to $350 for most items, based upon the distance from our workshop at:

641 Gibbons St., Los Angeles, CA 90031

National shipping ranges from $400 to $600 for most items under 150 pounds. National shipping is partial white-glove, meaning the shipper will help arrange the furniture items into your space, but will require assistance from you or another person who is on-site.

This L-shaped desk transforms underutilized real estate into serious productive territory, giving you enough surface area to spread out projects, reference materials, and anything else your work actually requires without playing Tetris with your laptop and coffee mug.

The solid hardwood top showcases book-matched grain patterns that create visual continuity across both runs of the desk. Those square edges aren't trying to hide the wood's substantial thickness, they're celebrating it. 

This corner desk's namesake, Neal Cassady, lived like structure was optional. The Beat Generation's most legendary muse drove Jack Kerouac's "On the Road" through sheer force of personality, embodying Dean Moriarty's restless energy and absolute rejection of 1950s conformity. Later, he piloted Ken Kesey's psychedelic bus "Further" across America, spreading countercultural freedom wherever the Merry Pranksters landed. His rebellion was constant motion, perpetual spontaneity, and refusal to settle into anyone else's definition of how life should work.

The Industrial Modern aesthetic pairs warm hardwood with a black powder-coated steel frame that means business. Those perforated steel modesty panels run along the inner sides, providing visual privacy without creating the closed-off feeling that solid panels would. The slight inset keeps the proportions crisp and architectural rather than heavy.

This wood corner desk handles uneven floors through adjustable leveling feet, because real buildings have real quirks and your workspace shouldn't wobble during important video calls or intense deadline sprints. The steel construction provides the kind of stability that lets you lean into your work without second-guessing the furniture.

Each piece begins with lumber rescued from trees that fell naturally around Los Angeles, carrying decades of California growth in grain patterns that can't be replicated or manufactured. The natural matte finish protects the wood while highlighting every character mark that developed over years of seasonal change.

Our Los Angeles workshop approaches each custom l-shaped desk as an individual creation, selecting boards that work harmoniously while maintaining the structural integrity needed for furniture that sees daily professional use. The precision required to create that flush corner takes skill that separates custom work from factory production.

The generous surface area accommodates multiple monitors, project spreads, and the kind of working style that needs room to think visually. The perforated panels keep cables organized and out of sight while allowing airflow that prevents the dead-air feeling solid panels create.

This piece works equally well in creative studios where spontaneity matters and corporate environments where professionalism counts, because good design transcends arbitrary style categories.

Freedom sometimes requires structure solid enough to support the work.

Specifications:

• Solid hardwood construction with hard-wax oil finish
• Powder-coated steel frame with square legs
• Industrial Modern minimalist design
• Integrated perforated steel privacy panels
  
• Adjustable leveling feet
• Locally sourced, naturally fallen timber
• Handcrafted in Los Angeles
• Made to order