How to Choose a Location for your Custom Oak Computer Desk

Series Summary

Oak furniture is very elegant and sturdy but can be highly expensive as well. Custom oak computer desks can be even more expensive. The only exception to this rule is a custom oak desk that you create yourself. Building an oak computer desk may seem like a daunting task for some, and for others it is easily dismissed as a virtual impossibility; but if you have been wanting a new oak computer desk for your home or office, but do not want spend the money, consider saving money by building your own. You can learn for free, online, from our expert.

In this free online video series, learn how to build a custom oak computer desk, from wood working expert Jon Olson. He will teach you how to choose the location for custom desk, how to take measurements for your custom desk, how to draw your oak desk plan, how to choose the materials for your custom oak desk, how to estimate how much materials you need to build your custom oak computer desk, how to form the layout of your custom oak computer desk, how to cut out the top and sides to build your own custom oak computer desk, how to cut and attach the trim to your custom oak desk, how to attach skirt boards, how to flush cut the sides of your oak desk, how to use wood putty, how to sand your custom oak computer desk, how to stain your oak desk, how to apply the finish to your oak desk, and how to assemble your custom oak computer desk.

Video Transcript

"Hi! This is Jon on behalf of Expert Village in this video clip I will be talking about choosing a location for our desk. Our desk is going to be for work purposes primarily so you want to chose a location that is away from the daily traffic inside the house. We have chosen this corner in the master bedroom because it is away from everything else, yet there is still plenty of room to be able to get work done. To maximize our space we are choosing to make a corner desk that is going to fill this side and this side a little bit. The primary work area is going to be directly in the corner. Now there plan is to have Chester drawers located right next to the window and then our desk is going to start right next to our Chester drawer. A good location for your desk would have plenty of power outlets, down the road here we have a cable jack and be hind be we have a phone jack. Now this is going to provide us with everything we will need for our work station. "