Abstract: A ventilated work station for sculpting fingernails includes a horizontal work platform supported at its opposite ends on pedestals, one of said pedestals containing at least one drawer for storing tools and supplies, and wherein the at least one drawer is reversible in the pedestal to convert the work station from the left-hand configuration to a right-hand configuration. A transparent hood is supported on and covers a portion of the platform and has low profile access slots in opposite sides thereof for insertion of the hands of a nail technician and a customer. That portion of the platform beneath the hood has slots therethrough for conveying heavier than air fumes downwardly through the platform, and the hood captures lighter than air fumes. An exhaust fan is connected with ducts leading to the hood and slots for producing a low pressure in the area confined by the hood to convey collected fumes away from the work area.