For today’s post I was thinking about doing a non-kitsch guide to Fourth of July entertaining, but why? If there was any time to break out the tchotchkes--it’s a backyard barbeque with friends and family.

The Dining Desk possesses an alter ego: Slide its surface apart, and a recessed channel is revealed, in which you can install such kitchen-y options as a grill unit, ice tray, or segmented cutlery bin.