How to Make an Inexpensive Desk
If your budget allots only a smidgen for a desk, don't despair. Here are three ways to make an inexpensive desk.
- Difficulty:
- Moderate
Instructions
Things You'll Need
- Wood Or Plastic Veneer Strips
- Keyboard Trays
- Flat Doors
- Paints
- Rectangular Wooden Table Tops
- Rolling Storage Units
- Tables
- Two Upright Two-drawer File Cabinets
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Convert a rectangular table - perhaps a sofa table or a dining table - into a desk by installing a keyboard tray under the top. You can usually push a two-drawer file cabinet or a roll-around drawer storage unit under the table top to keep the storage close by and the office footprint small.
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Buy a rectangular prefabricated table top - sold at home centers - or a sheet of plywood (cut to desktop size; finish the edges with self-stick strips of wood or plastic veneer). Put a file cabinet on each side of the table top and, if you have a computer and want the keyboard at proper height, install a keyboard tray on the underside of the desktop.
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Opt for a sawhorse-and-table top (or plywood-topped) desk. Screw the desktop to the tops of the sawhorses, which are placed at opposite ends of the desk.
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Tips & Warnings
Paint your desk a bright, fun color for a whimsical look or go with black for a high-tech look.
Substitute a flat door (you may want to cut it down) for a desktop perched on file cabinets or sawhorses.
Look for keyboard trays and roll-around drawer storage units at office supply stores. Roll-around drawer storage units (usually the open-wire styles) also are sold with closet/pantry organizer gear at home centers, and organization/storage speciality stores.
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Comments
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Dec 15, 2005
A hollow 28 inch door makes a great desk top. I use an old door which had a hole bored. I bore an additional hole and put all my cords through them (bundles with plastic cord tubing I found in the lighting section at Home Depot). It makes for a clean look, for little money. -
Dec 15, 2005
A hollow 28 inch door makes a great desk top. I use an old door which had a hole bored. I bore an additional hole and put all my cords through them (bundles with plastic cord tubing I found in the lighting section at Home Depot). It makes for a clean look, for little money.
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Nov 22, 2005
You can use a flush door as a desk or tabletop. They are 6'8" long and come in a variety of widths, usually between 24" and 36". Just don't get one that's prehung or drilled for a handle.
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Nov 22, 2005
You can use a flush door as a desk or tabletop. They are 6'8" long and come in a variety of widths, usually between 24" and 36". Just don't get one that's prehung or drilled for a handle.
