Diy Desk Made With File Cabinets

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.

Diy desk made with file cabinets.

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. A few cinder blocks and a board are the only ingredients in this simple diy desk recipe. You want to pick out wood that will line up as best as possible. I took two well made file cabinets and added a shelf board to create a top.

Now it was time to build the desk. 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. We love this idea because this gives you more room on the desktop. I needed 5 to make my desk about 28 inches deep.

Dec 7 2019 explore susan campbell s board file cabinet desk on pinterest. The first step was to get the wood. It did take some unexpected turns with the color choices but i couldn t be happier with the results. They have a lot of doors too.

This week i worked on creating a desk made with file cabinets for my home office. The plan for this week was to build a diy file cabinet desk for my office. Diy desk from stock cabinets woodland office. 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.

This gorgeous desk built by pam at over the big moon was my inspiration for this week s project. Place a piece of double faced tape on each corner of the top of each file cabinet. Check out my desk that was built with stock cabinets to see how it was done. Everything you will need.

To start i had to measure out the space draw up some plans and decide what i d like to see in the space. It is perfect if you are working with books and papers. See more ideas about file cabinet desk craft room office home office design. Diy file cabinet desk.

I went the cheap route pine 1 6 planks from home depot. A place to get file cabinets that only cost a few bucks is your local habitat for humanity restore. Peel off backing strip. 4 cinder block desk.

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. The diy file cabinet project was a blast.