A handsome wooden desk hogs the best view of an empty horizon (beyond which, the next hunk of land is Estonia).
GILMANTON, N.H. — This town's new library has thousands of books, a handsome circulation desk and plenty of chairs for quiet lounging.
It seemed new that for his opening appearance as Prime Minister he did not "address the nation" in the old style, with a handsome leather desk set...but preferred this informal method of interview.
The couple have inherited several pieces of furniture: a Charleston farmhouse-style dining table painted by her mother-in-law and, from her husband's step-grandmother, a handsome late-Victorian writing desk and a pair of watercolours.
The Room There's no front desk here, so a handsome man in a well-tailored suit greets you, dossier in hand, to show you to your room.
One of the desks is sometimes occupied by Mauricio Palacios, a handsome young Colombian who has what he calls "a chess player's physique".
They were a handsome couple.
