Using Cabinets To Make A Desk

The desk from z gallerie is 599 99.

Using cabinets to make a desk.

Here are a series of projects made from basic cabinets found at most home improvement stores which can be used throughout the house. If you re feeling ambitious you can build your own desk storage with cabinetry made from scratch but prefab cabinets work just fine. Habitat restore for pre owned cabinets that you can refinish. Visit instructables for the step by step.

After 5 years of embarrassing hack jobs i finally invested 15 in a package of hole boring attachments. You want to pick out wood that will line up as best as possible. This is one of the most important parts. Cut the baseboard trim to fit at the bottom of the file cabinet with corner pieces meeting at 45 angle corners.

Using a hole boring attachment i drilled some holes in the back of the cabinets to run cords. Now it was time to build the desk. Turns out that stock cabinets are good for something beyond the kitchen. Place a piece of double faced tape on each corner of the top of each file cabinet.

Check out our modern media center our modern barn door and our diy easy craftsman window trim. Design a custom built in desk using ikea kitchen cabinets. Give each cabinet a thorough cleaning using tsp and a wire brush being sure to remove any loose paint. Welcome to week 2 of the one room challenge.

Learn how to build a desk using ikea sektion cabinets. Diy file cabinet desk. I needed 5 to make my desk about 28 inches deep. I don t know what i was thinking before.

Finished file cabinet desk base. I went the cheap route pine 1 6 planks from home depot. Use wood shims as shown above to make the cabinets meet the wall and allow a screw to hold it all together. How to make the file cabinet desk base.

If this project did not work i was going to purchase a desk like the one from z gallerie but i was planning to search for a similar but less expensive desk. Local kitchen stores they can often customize what you need if you can t find something in stock. Want more home upgrade ideas. If you missed last week s post i m joining in with a.

Install the filler pieces if you had gaps on the ends of the cabinets now is the time to cut those filler pieces to the length of the cabinets and nail them to the small wood blocks you attached to the cabinet ends. My first plan was to take a desk that i had remove the legs and build new legs. If you re a diy er like myself they ll pay for themselves in sighs and head shakes. Peel off backing strip.

25 custom built in ideas using stock cabinets. Place the two file cabinets in the location of your desk approximately 58 apart outside to outside with their backs about 1 away from the wall.