Norm re-creates a quintessential piece of the Old South, a planter’s desk.

Norm begins his search for low-country furniture projects in Savannah's famed Monterey Square at the home of antique map and print dealers Virginia and John Duncan. On their veranda, Norm discovers a quintessential piece of the Old South, a planter's desk. Once used by cotton and tobacco farmers for bookkeeping, the desk can function well today as a compact home office. Featuring nicely tapered legs, a hinged desktop and plenty of shelves, it also has enough room to accommodate a small computer. Back east in the New Yankee Workshop, Norm builds this piece out of recycled pine and finishes it with a new pastel stain to give it a "pickled" look.