Our DIY Computer Desk Reveal

Excited to portion our novel DIY Computer Desk! You won’t believe this transformation! Turn whatever wall into a functional infinite amongst these budget-friendly ideas.

I’ve said it before, in addition to I’ll tell it in i lawsuit again – renovations ask to live on functional! Of all of the renovations we’ve done, our favourite affair almost every infinite is ever inward the pocket-size details. The clever agency nosotros added storage inward the bath or the agency nosotros saved coin past times re-doing an one-time slice of furniture. This DIY reckoner desk is no different. We spent less than $600 to brand this infinite come upwards truthful (I’ll interruption it all downwards for you lot at the bottom of the post), in addition to nosotros made usage of but about of the dead infinite inward the house! This wall was but blank!  in addition to didn’t receive got a neat component beside our living room, but at in i lawsuit it’s beautiful in addition to sooooo functional.

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Does this infinite await familiar? I can’t fifty-fifty recognize this room! But those are the real same stairs that nosotros built our novel business office nook beside, in addition to that’s the real same piffling Harry Potter entrance to our children’s playroom.

The fireplace is inward the same spot inward our renovated living room. So you lot tin imagine how this piffling slice of existent estate to the side of the living room wasn’t existence used to it’s amount advantage!

Since nosotros renovated our living room, we’ve also changed all of the flooring past times laying novel laminate. Then, every bit component of this reckoner desk DIY, nosotros switched upwards the entry into our children’s “secret place” in addition to floored within their Harry Potter room too.

When nosotros start moved into this home, 2 in addition to a one-half years ago, I shout back thinking, “what are nosotros going to produce amongst this random infinite beside the stairs?” But every bit our renovations continued, I started seeing a vision for the space. In our opened upwards concept primary floor, in that location isn’t actually a spot to “work”, in addition to every bit our kids grow in addition to start to become to school, I knew they would produce goodness from a infinite to sit down in addition to produce homework. I also hated that every fourth dimension I was editing photos I had to deed into but about other room in addition to live on away from everyone. This was the perfect solution!

What nosotros wanted from our DIY Computer Desk:

We had a few things inward hear when nosotros built this desk space:

• Make certain that our children’s hush-hush entrance was even in addition to then there, in addition to even in addition to then accessible (meaning nosotros couldn’t pose the desk correct upwards against the kids’ doorway)


• Budget-friendly (which is ever our goal!)


• Comfortable to piece of job at


• Chairs that are multi-functional… that nosotros tin plough around, in addition to usage every bit extra seating inward the living room every bit well


• Somehow “define” the infinite (we did this amongst our vertical shiplap characteristic wall!)

DIY Computer Desk Reveal:

So here’s what nosotros came upwards with! If you lot desire to lookout adult man the whole build, nosotros shared all of our steps on Instagram inward our “Desk/Shiplap” highlight. But nosotros volition live on sharing tutorials for that vertical shiplap, the floating shelves, in addition to the desk real soon!

The vertical shiplap is a projection nosotros took on past times ourselves in addition to toll us less than $80. We volition definitely live on sharing how nosotros did it, but our version of modern shiplap made a HUGE divergence inward defining the space. Since the wall is continuous, nosotros needed to somehow “end” the desk expanse visually, in addition to nosotros used the floating shelves to produce that. We pose them upwards every bit far upwards our staircase would allow us in addition to planned to halt the shiplap there.

The desktop in addition to floating shelves were both FREE to us. We had but about 8ft. plywood boards from a previous project, that all had small, leftover off cuts. We cutting those combat woods pieces into strips in addition to glued them together for the desk. We volition portion a amount tutorial on that shortly amongst but about photos of the project, but we’re in addition to then proud of how nosotros built a desk for adjacent to nothing!

We made a twain of splurges, including the outlet for the top of the desk that sits level amongst the desktop, in addition to the chairs. I justified the chair splurge because I wanted comfy chairs that I could flip over to the living room every bit extra seating. If it’s multifunctional, you lot tin pass a chip to a greater extent than coin on it, right? lol.

Total DIY Desk Budget:

The amount toll for the projection was:

• Desk = FREE


• Floating shelves = FREE


• Shiplap = $80


• Outlet = $50 (here’s a link to it!)


• Shelf Hardware: $60 (here’s a link!)


• Chairs = $300 (here’s a link to them!)


• Stain, varnish, in addition to pigment = FREE leftovers


• Misc. = $40

TOTAL = $570!

I’m pretty proud of that total! H5N1 projection ever feels amend when you lot tin produce it on a budget.

If you lot desire to come across but about other budget-friendly renovation, nosotros transformed our Kitchen inward but ONE WEEKEND amongst our Kitchen Weekend Renovation! You won’t believe how slowly this projection was!