Diy Desk Made With File Cabinets

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Diy desk made with file cabinets. It is perfect if you are working with books and papers. Dec 7 2019 explore susan campbell s board file cabinet desk on pinterest. A few cinder blocks and a board are the only ingredients in this simple diy desk recipe. These diy built in cabinets were made using unfinished wall cabinets as base cabinets.

When i first showed you my office makeover back in march i said that i was so mad at myself for not doing it sooner because i felt like having an office that was organized and beautiful made me much more productive. Everything you will need. A place to get file cabinets that only cost a few bucks is your local habitat for humanity restore. So not only did they makeover the cabinets themselves in this amazing navy and copper look love those legs they made a desk top too.

They have a lot of doors too. I took two well made file cabinets and added a shelf board to create a top. 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. Now it was time to build the desk.

The first step was to get the wood. Beautiful life market made this diy desk with filing cabinets as part of their ugly home office makeover. To start i had to measure out the space draw up some plans and decide what i d like to see in the space. The diy file cabinet project was a blast.

Ka styles took a 100 year old file cabinet and turned it into a gorgeous piece so love that she has a story to go with this piece of history. Diy file cabinet desk. Peel off backing strip. This is one of the most important parts.

4 cinder block desk. I needed 5 to make my desk about 28 inches deep. See more ideas about file cabinet desk craft room office home office design. Diy desk from stock cabinets woodland office.

Place a piece of double faced tape on each corner of the top of each file cabinet. We love this idea because this gives you more room on the desktop. 3 2 drawer metal file cabinets approximately 29 high 13 5ft 2 baseboard trim liquid nails nuts and bolts wood filler sandpaper 150 grit tsp wire brush cup drawer pulls one for each drawer rustoleum flat black paint and metallic gun metal gray electric drill. Check out my desk that was built with stock cabinets to see how it was done.

This gorgeous desk built by pam at over the big moon was my inspiration for this week s project. I went the cheap route pine 1 6 planks from home depot.