| Corner desks, executive desks, standing desks, these | | | | shelf, two for each one. Then I marked the walls using |
| all take their place among the many types of desks a | | | | a stud finder. corner computer desks can be free |
| person can choose to use when they work at home. | | | | standing or attached. I chose to attach mine to the |
| As a home office worker I understand the value of a | | | | uprights that also supported the shelves. Taking care |
| good desk, but, to my chagrin, I am still just working at | | | | to attach the uprights to the studs in the walls gives a |
| an old table. It is a table I built years ago as a dining | | | | much sturdier desk. |
| table that has since been retired. It works. But, I have | | | | Since I used MDF for the desk I then finished off the |
| always wanted to build a corner desk that has the | | | | edges with solid wood trim. It looks pretty nice for |
| look and dimensions that I want. As an amateur | | | | what it is. Until I can really build the nice stand alone |
| woodworker I felt like I could probably tackle a project | | | | furniture piece I really think this will do nicely. Someday I |
| like building a corner desk, and I was right, it was pretty | | | | would like to construct a nice large oak desk with all |
| simple. | | | | the bells and whistles, shelves, drawers and pullout |
| After thinking for a long time about what I wanted, I | | | | surfaces. I'd like to win the lottery too. But, for now, this |
| decided that I wanted a desk that attached to the wall, | | | | set up is great. Corner desks are great as space |
| and that I not only liked corner desks, but those with | | | | savers and having shelving above them really gives |
| built-in shelving appealed to me best. So, I decided that | | | | lots of storage. When it is time to move it, all I have to |
| that setup would suit my needs just right. I assembled | | | | do is disassemble a few pieces and it's ready to go. |
| the tools and materials I needed and got started. | | | | Corner desks like the one I built are simple and |
| Here's the gist of what I did. | | | | functional, they serve their purpose. I can put my |
| First I measured the corner and determined the length | | | | computer, monitor, keyboard, speakers, printer and lots |
| of the shelving. Then I cut the shelving taking care to | | | | of miscellaneous do-dads right where I need them on |
| place the wood with the good side up for a smooth | | | | the desk. It doesn't take up a lot of floor space and I |
| cut from the table saw. Slow and steady is always a | | | | like how it looks. Plus, my creative, artsy daughter has |
| good idea when cutting anything on the table saw. | | | | taken it upon herself to stencil and paint some beautiful |
| After cutting the shelving I set them to the side and | | | | blue flowers on the sides of the desk. Adds a nice |
| moved on to the supports and the desk itself. | | | | touch to an otherwise drab environment. Now back to |
| I marked the location of the upright supports on each | | | | work. |