Home projects
Your Home and Garden|May 2023
Creating an office out of a small room by utilising built-in furniture, floating shelves and a tidy charging station makes space-saving sense
NIKKI KETTLE
Home projects

The word custom always sounds expensive to me, but it doesn't have to be. Maximising a small space with built-in or custom furniture is a no-brainer. It could be a desk, floating shelves or charging station to use at home in a small bedroom, unused hall cupboard, nook or wardrobe.

Before building, ensure the walls and ceiling are painted or papered ahead of adding a built-in desk and installing any shelves. I painted the wall in Resene SpaceCote Flat in Resene Mineshaft and the ceiling is papered in Resene Wallpaper Collection 91273.

You will need 

• Resene Aquaclear clear waterborne sealer

• Primer, I used Resene Quick Dry waterborne primer undercoat

• Paint colours of choice for charging station. I used Resene Enamacryl in Resene Atlas 

• Sandpaper 

• Circular saw

• Measuring tape

• Pencil

• Level

• Drill and drill bits

• Threaded rod or similar cut to 200mm long

• Construction glue (optional)

• Screws

• Pine batten measuring 20mm x 40mm to support the desk 

• Sheet of panelling for desk. This could be thick ply or pine. I used 2400mm x 600mm x 26mm piece of plywood with an oak veneer 

• Large hole saw bit and cord tidy (from office supply store to feed cords through) 

Basic set of drawers. I used a set of bamboo drawers for the charging station

Built-in desk 

1 Measure the area where you want the desk and shelves to be, marking the studs and drawing level lines. 

هذه القصة مأخوذة من طبعة May 2023 من Your Home and Garden.

ابدأ النسخة التجريبية المجانية من Magzter GOLD لمدة 7 أيام للوصول إلى آلاف القصص المتميزة المنسقة وأكثر من 9,000 مجلة وصحيفة.

هذه القصة مأخوذة من طبعة May 2023 من Your Home and Garden.

ابدأ النسخة التجريبية المجانية من Magzter GOLD لمدة 7 أيام للوصول إلى آلاف القصص المتميزة المنسقة وأكثر من 9,000 مجلة وصحيفة.

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