How To Build A Door Desk
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How to make a desk from an old door.
How to build a door desk. Carefully position the leg just inside the corner of the door. Create the bracing and skirting. The most interesting doors are the ones with the most texture and depth. Measure 1 1 2 inches over from the edge opposite the notch at the bottom.
Make the top and assemble. When we were building our home 12 years ago terry and i found a great salvage store that had all sorts of old doors windows mantels and the like. Attach the braces to the door. Make sure to align the top of the leg with the top of the brace.
Assemble the bracing and skirting. Screw an inside brace onto each leg aligning the top of the leg with the inside edge of the brace. Unfortunately a desk with rich texture is a pleasure to look at but absolutely terrible as a workspace. If you need a desk but just can t be bothered to buy one then this is is just right for you.
Glass topped door as office desk. Then last but not least top the diy desk with a regular sheet of plywood cut to size. Step by step directions how we made this diy desk from an old salvaged door. These will become the legs.
This design is basically a small table. But even if you don t no problem. Just the hinges at your local hardware store and attach 2x4 lumber to them. Cut the legs to height.
If your like me and you ve just refurbished and renovated your house and you ve got some old doors that you removed and don t need don t throw it away use. I didn t want anything with drawers a roll top or any other upgrades. Using the square mark a. Miter both ends of each leg in parallel at 5 degrees.
The perfect compromise is to have a sheet of glass cut to the size of the door. We purchased 2 dressers that we re purposed into bathroom sinks as well as 2 doors. The door itself was pretty sturdy but the addition of the rails around the perimeter really made the whole desk very solid.