Using Cabinets To Make A Desk

Use wood shims as shown above to make the cabinets meet the wall and allow a screw to hold it all together.

Using cabinets to make a desk.

Now it was time to build the desk. This is one of the most important parts. Check out our modern media center our modern barn door and our diy easy craftsman window trim. If you re feeling ambitious you can build your own desk storage with cabinetry made from scratch but prefab cabinets work just fine.

Place a piece of double faced tape on each corner of the top of each file cabinet. I needed 5 to make my desk about 28 inches deep. After 5 years of embarrassing hack jobs i finally invested 15 in a package of hole boring attachments. 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.

Learn how to build a desk using ikea sektion cabinets. 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. I went the cheap route pine 1 6 planks from home depot. How to make the file cabinet desk base.

Cut the baseboard trim to fit at the bottom of the file cabinet with corner pieces meeting at 45 angle corners. Local kitchen stores they can often customize what you need if you can t find something in stock. Design a custom built in desk using ikea kitchen cabinets. Welcome to week 2 of the one room challenge.

Habitat restore for pre owned cabinets that you can refinish. Here are a series of projects made from basic cabinets found at most home improvement stores which can be used throughout the house. The desk from z gallerie is 599 99. If you re a diy er like myself they ll pay for themselves in sighs and head shakes.

Diy file cabinet desk. Give each cabinet a thorough cleaning using tsp and a wire brush being sure to remove any loose paint. Finished file cabinet desk base. I don t know what i was thinking before.

Want more home upgrade ideas. 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. Peel off backing strip. Visit instructables for the step by step.

Turns out that stock cabinets are good for something beyond the kitchen. With all that in mind we ve rounded up 25 ideas for using stock cabinets to create your own custom built ins. If you missed last week s post i m joining in with a. 25 custom built in ideas using stock cabinets.

Using a hole boring attachment i drilled some holes in the back of the cabinets to run cords. You want to pick out wood that will line up as best as possible.