Before and After  

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Nice !
Looks like cherry ?

Beautiful!
What finish did you put on it?

Knoll desk
I think your desk is by Florence Knoll

Could it be that
portions of this desk were originally painted ?

Early Jens Risom or Florence Knoll?
I don't think it had any original paint. The green paint had been put on pretty crudely. It's solid wood, not veneer, and whoever made it made an effort to match the grains. I don't think it's cherry. I lean toward maple because there are some nice curly striations in the grain on the drawers. But I'm not a wood expert.
I've seen it posted as both a Florence Knoll and a Jens Risom. Here's the Jens Risom link.
http://krrb.com/posts/13959-mid-century-modern-jens-risom-desk-chair

Florence Knoll Link
Here's the Florence Knoll link. Anyone have any opinions one way or the other?
http://www.worthpoint.com/worthopedia/florence-knoll-knoll-blondewood-desk

Knoll
Same desk, mistakenly attributed to Risom?

To other furniture restorers out there
Does anyone else have any before and after pics of pieces they've worked on?

I posted this in another thread
Brown & Saltman dresser. Was really beat up. Not so bad now.
Still needs those funky brass caps on the legs...

one of my more dramatic turnarounds
I got this Vincent Cafiero chair (1969, i think) at an auction and had my doubts about whether it was worth the effort, but then I determined that the construction lent itself to pretty simple reupholstering---so I dove in. (Apologies to those who've already seen this.)
It had wool or maybe nylon, hopsack on the face of the seat and back, with black vinyl on the arms and outside back. And seat edges. Plus, the duct tape. And the dirt, and the tears and crunchy latex foam. And mildew, lots of mildew.
I redid it with latex foam and it was exquisitely comfortable. I'd have kept it except I don't work at a desk ever and I just couldn't see hanging on to it. But dang if I had a need, I'd still have it! (Fabric is Knoll's Classic Boucle.)

I accuse
photoshop! No way that's the same chair. Wow, that took vision. Nice results.

I must have missed this
the first time, so I'm glad you decided to post again, Spanky. Really, really nice work.

That before/after cracks me up, spanky.
I remember seeing those before. The chunks of padding littering the floor are especially effective! Nice work on a nice chair.
And a nice job by you as well, garlanre. Maple, or birch even, might be good guesses. Whichever, the desk should darken nicely in time.