- 🎨 Design
- 📐 Getting Started
- 🪚 Cutting & Sanding
- 🧽 Staining
- 🛠️ Test Assembly
- 🧹 Cleaning & Prep
- 🛠️ Final Assembly
- 📚 Materials Reference
I recently set out to redesign and rebuild my work desk in my home office (living room) and wanted to share some details and pictures from the process.
This project was something I’d been thinking about for quite some time. I set up the initial version of this desk (v2.0) back in October 2020 and it was really only ever meant to be a first step in the direction I wanted to go. It served its purpose for quite some time and was a great starting point, but there were a few things I was determined to improve. First, I really wanted more surface area for books, notepads, coasters/drinks, laptops, etc. And second, I wanted to take another shot at doing a better job on some much cleaner cable management.
🎨 Design
I started in the free online version of SketchUp and built a simple model of the room and existing desk setup. The goal here was to both think through the design, how it would differ from my last design, and to make sure it would fit within the space. You can see how much bigger I wanted to go in this next iteration, and how small the original desk surface was once it was loaded with a monitor, and keyboard/mouse.
📐 Getting Started
🪚 Cutting & Sanding
🧽 Staining
🛠️ Test Assembly
🧹 Cleaning & Prep
🛠️ Final Assembly
📚 Materials Reference
- 3/4-in x 4-ft x 8-ft Oak Sanded Plywood (Lowe’s)
- Various sanding paper grits - 80-220 grit (Lowe’s)
- Various paints and stains (Lowe’s)
- Polyurethane - final coat sealant (Lowe’s)
- Rise UP Dual Motor Electric Adjustable Height Width Standing Desk Frame (Amazon)
- DEVAISE 3 Drawer Mobile File Cabinet with Lock (Amazon)
- Stand Up Desk Store Add-On Office Sliding Under-Desk Drawer (Amazon)
- Ergotron – LX Single Monitor Arm, VESA Desk Mount - White (Amazon)
- For Monitors Up to 34 Inches, 7 to 25 lbs
- Stand Up Desk Store Under Desk Cable Management Tray (Amazon)
- This is the biggest, best cable management tray I’ve seen - and the best I’ve used so far.
- Desk Drawer Organizers (Amazon)
- JUNNUJ Metal 12 Outlet Power Strip, White Mountable Heavy Duty Power Strip (Amazon)