Using Cabinets To Make A Desk

Local kitchen stores they can often customize what you need if you can t find something in stock.

Using cabinets to make a desk.

By modifying unfinished or white cabinets you can create pseudo custom pieces designed specifically for your space without the need to hire someone to build something especially for you. Design a custom built in desk using ikea kitchen cabinets. Want more home upgrade ideas. Cut the baseboard trim to fit at the bottom of the file cabinet with corner pieces meeting at 45 angle corners.

I don t know what i was thinking before. Visit instructables for the step by step. Peel off backing strip. Learn how to build a desk using ikea sektion cabinets.

Using a hole boring attachment i drilled some holes in the back of the cabinets to run cords. 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 you missed last week s post i m joining in with a.

Check out our modern media center our modern barn door and our diy easy craftsman window trim. After 5 years of embarrassing hack jobs i finally invested 15 in a package of hole boring attachments. The desk from z gallerie is 599 99. I needed 5 to make my desk about 28 inches deep.

Give each cabinet a thorough cleaning using tsp and a wire brush being sure to remove any loose paint. Finished file cabinet desk base. Here are a series of projects made from basic cabinets found at most home improvement stores which can be used throughout the house. Welcome to week 2 of the one room challenge.

If you re a diy er like myself they ll pay for themselves in sighs and head shakes. 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. Habitat restore for pre owned cabinets that you can refinish.

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. If you re feeling ambitious you can build your own desk storage with cabinetry made from scratch but prefab cabinets work just fine. Now it was time to build the desk. I went the cheap route pine 1 6 planks from home depot.

Diy file cabinet desk. My first plan was to take a desk that i had remove the legs and build new legs. 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. You want to pick out wood that will line up as best as possible.

This is one of the most important parts. The first step was to get the wood.