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DIY Laptop Lap Desk

April 19, 2011 by Amanda Formaro

Laptop Lap Desk

About a year ago I picked up a breakfast in bed type tray at a thrift store and have used it to hold my laptop every night on the couch. Every day I have to go looking for it because one of my kids has swiped it to use with our other laptop! Anyone who has a laptop computer knows how hot they get and it can get very uncomfortable on your lap. Well, Carolina over at Always Expect Moore came up with this idea for a lap desk made specifically for your laptop.  Check out Carolina’s laptop lap desk here.

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Comments

  1. Allison says

    October 30, 2012 at 11:45 am

    I am very interested in making your lap top desk for my dad for Christmas…how did you do it?!?!

    • Amanda Formaro says

      November 6, 2012 at 6:49 am

      Follow the link in this post to get to the instructions

  2. Shelby says

    November 13, 2012 at 9:09 pm

    It says that if your not a member that you can’t view.

  3. Melanie says

    November 19, 2012 at 7:23 pm

    HI,

    I was trying to find a pattern for a lap desk and I love this one. I wanted to make a few for Christmas but I can’t access the blog with the pattern on it. Is there another way I can get it?

    Thanks,
    Melanie

  4. amanda says

    November 26, 2012 at 12:20 pm

    i followed the link but it won’t allow me permission to the blog to see how this is made. please help, thanks. A

    • Amanda Formaro says

      November 29, 2012 at 3:20 pm

      I have changed the link to a different laptop desk.

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