the Piano Project

"What do you do with a broken piano?"

This is the question we have been asking ourselves for awhile.

And now you might be asking, "How do you know your piano is broken?"

Well, there just comes a time in your life when you know your piano is broken. 

Some clues that might tip you off that your piano is broken?

# your keys do not sit evenly...they are always perpetually doing the wave

# you thought just the "G below middle C" key was broken until you fixed it and 20 other keys broke

# it's from the Great Depression era

# your good friend gave it to you for free and she got it for free from someone else

(just to name a few)

Back to my original question, "What do you do with a broken piano?" I am sure you think the answer is give it to Goodwill, freecycle it, craigslist it, or put in the dumpster (let's not start on the fallacies of putting it in the dumpster...sorry Mom).

But a little more ingenuity would lead to a better idea. An idea that may change your life forever. And this is it: why not make it into a desk?

You see, we have been living 2ndhand for awhile now and the desk we found for free by the dumpster is kind of getting old, not to mention ugly and un-ergonomic. So, let's make a project out of the piano and make it useful in this house of ours.

One man's junk is another man's treasure. In our case we happen to be the same "man". Stay tuned to see how it turns out and feel free to offer suggestions to make it even extra shnazzy-er!

What color would you paint your piano desk?

Would you take the keys out and put a wood surface in or would you leave the keys and put a glass surface over the top?

Do you think we're crazy?