Build A Desk With File Cabinets

Diy desk plans are abundant and there s surely one that suits your style.

Build a desk with file cabinets.

Diy file cabinet desk. Place a piece of double faced tape on each corner of the top of each file cabinet. The depth should stay the same but the length can be increased to fit your needs. The first step was to get the wood.

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. You want to pick out wood that will line up as best as possible. It was one of the easiest and quickest ways to put together a large desk space. This is one of the most important parts.

We love this idea because this gives you more room on the desktop. Filing cabinet styles consider the volume of documents you need to store as well as how much space you have. It is perfect if you are working with books and papers. The most common types of filing cabinets are vertical and lateral.

I went the cheap route pine 1 6 planks from home depot. You don t need to start from scratch if you don t want to. I needed 5 to make my desk about 28 inches deep. Vertical cabinets store documents front to back so they face you when.

Click on the drawings to enlarge them. See more ideas about file cabinet desk craft room office home office design. The plan for this week was to build a diy file cabinet desk for my office. I took two well made file cabinets and added a shelf board to create a top.

We basically got two file cabinets and placed a piece of butcher block on top and voila. Peel off backing strip. The diy file cabinet project was a blast. To assemble your diy desk space your file cabinets evenly and lay the diy desktop on top of the cabinets.

It did take some unexpected turns with the color choices but i couldn t be happier with the results. Use elements that you already have like file cabinets. Maximize your space by using an under desk filing cabinet or go vertical with tall filing cabinets. This gorgeous desk built by pam at over the big moon was my inspiration for this week s project.

My main goal was to have a lot of desk space to work on and this diy butcher block desk definitely fit the bill. Dec 7 2019 explore susan campbell s board file cabinet desk on pinterest. Now it was time to build the desk. Diy butcher block desk.

This week i worked on creating a desk made with file cabinets for my home office. I centered the middle cabinet and placed the left and right cabinets 24 apart leaving a generous opening for a desk chair.