Showing posts with label desk. Show all posts
Showing posts with label desk. Show all posts

Sunday, March 24, 2019

Best Dwelling Pending Projects

Pending Projects

Last weekend nosotros picked our latest Craiglist find, a overnice hutch. I similar only about of its features, the fact that is a potent patch of furniture, too the best part: that it was free. Thanks to Kevin too his family. They got it for costless too were upgrading, too thus they gave it for costless every bit good ;)

Among the things I similar most it are these corner posts too until certainly quest its feet, though I wishing it has simpler lines.

I'm non crazy most the doors or the transcend scalloped detail, again, I prefer at nowadays lines.

The same thought goes for its transcend part.  I'm going for no doors, too thus I'm already thinking how they tin shipping away endure re purposed.

Of course, I'm going to pigment it, but only about modifications are going to endure made.

This is the infinite where the "new hutch" volition endure placed. It is going to replaced the left bookcase inward the draw of piece of occupation solid unit of measurement room. That corner is e'er amount of staff the kids only dump materials into, similar their instruments or shoes. These 2 bookcases tin shipping away endure set together on the correct side. I'm glad I'm going to accept lots of storage infinite :)

The alone affair driving me crazy is I cannot come about this patch every bit fast every bit I want! Yesterday I began taking the doors off too dusting it, but it was freezing cold. The temperatures accept been too thus mutual depression temperature is sort of impossible to move inward the garage correct now. :( And tomorrow is going to snowfall again!

This is only about other babe that is waiting patiently for a makeover. That transcend needs a actually practiced sanding.

Or how most this desk, only about other Cl notice for alone $20. If yous follow me on Facebook, you'd belike seen this pic already. It's going to endure inward my bedroom, but I cannot come about it until the temperatures become up.


I mean value I accept a clear flick of what I desire for the hutch too the desk, but whatever ideas are welcome, peculiarly for the tabular array too the hutch doors.

Update: You tin shipping away banking corporation gibe the hutch makeover right HERE.

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Wednesday, March 13, 2019

Best Dwelling Menage Built-Ins Approximately The Bed Frame - Kickoff Part


Well, I'm finally dorsum at my son's room!

It's taking me forever to consummate this room but, it's almost done.
I'm slow...
And most of the fourth dimension I'm working on thus many unlike things at the same fourth dimension that I simply can't assistance it.
It goes really s-l-o-w-l-y.
Add to the equation that at that spot are many things that conduct maintain to live done too they don't add together much to the progress...
Like... giving the ceiling iii coats of paint, or
Sanding the walls because the previous pattern left simply about marks on it, or
Applying ii coats of primer to those walls earlier applying ii coats of paint, or
Installing window trim...
Yeah, those are the things that had to live done too they conduct maintain lots of fourth dimension from the solely 1 mortal that also has lots of other materials to do.

OK, let's halt the complaining -

The lastly projection tackled inwards this room was the floor. Plain plywood was transformed into broad planks. The start pic inwards this post is how the room hold back afterward installing those planks.

I covered the beautiful flooring amongst newspaper to protect it during the structure of the built-ins.

Leaving the areas for the built-ins open. The bed volition live placed at that spot inwards the middle amongst a bookcase on each side.

Since long ago, I've been on the picket for a desk, my boy requested a desk inwards his room. Finally, similar a calendar month ago, I constitute this 1 for gratis on Craiglist. It was the perfect size, 48", too really sturdy.


Someone gave it a dark pigment treatment, but the hurting was peeling off. So, afterward removing the cut down (it has to sit down even out against the wall)...


I also removed the dark pigment (another of those jobs that takes time). :/


In the hateful time, I built simply about other base of operations for the desk.

I loved the base of operations the desk had but if I wanted to larn out that one, then, I would conduct maintain to replicate the same base of operations pattern on the other bookcase on the other side of the bed, too that was something I didn't desire to do.


The base-less desk was brought upward to the room afterward the pigment was completely removed...


And 1 time on its novel base of operations it looked OK.


For the other side, I also used a desk.  I bought this desk long fourth dimension agone for simply about other projection that I never got to tackle. The middle drawer of this desk was used for this projection correct HERE.


The ii towers on this desk were a chip higher than the ones on the desk on the left side of the bed. So, they were trimmed at the bottom.


H5N1 base of operations out of 2 x 6's was also constructed for this correct mitt side built-in.  I'm thus glad I waited for the novel bed to arrive, I didn't conduct maintain the bed's dimension too the infinite I was leaving for it (following the newspaper cut-outs), was agency also small!


The base of operations was covered too the ii desk towers were mounted on it. By the way, at start I sentiment nigh edifice a cabinet on this correct mitt side, but I desisted of that sentiment because I didn't desire to build the drawers. The desk solution gives to a greater extent than symmetry to each side of the bed too hey, no drawers for me to build!


For the infinite inwards betwixt the ii desk towers, I built this piffling shelf.


At the moment, my conception is to purpose simply about baskets on that middle shelf too for the tower on the right, to convert that infinite into a push clit out hamper, afterward removing the lower slat, similar inwards the pic below.
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The transcend the desk had is really unlike to the 1 on the other side, the border is different, I don't intend I'm going to purpose it.

So far, this is how it looks.

I'm almost create to start out edifice the shelves on top.
But, I'm however deciding simply about elements, like... Should I purpose bead-board? If so, vertical or horizontally?
Maybe evidently bookcases too solely bead-board behind the headboard?
What form of lighting should I use?
How nigh color, what form of paint, knobs, trim...

Well, remain tuned!

For the second part of this project, the built-ins Click HERE.

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Best Dwelling Built-Ins Around The Bed Frame - Bit Part

desk amongst drawer door tags together with industrial hold off BEST HOME Built-ins Around the Bed Frame - Second Part

I didn't desire to complete the twelvemonth without giving y'all an update on how things inward my son's chamber are doing.

I've spent a actually proficient total of fourth dimension inward this room, together with fifty-fifty though I haven't showed y'all much, it's almost done.

So, let's motion on together with utter almost the projection itself.  ;)

The lastly fourth dimension I showed y'all this room the post ended amongst the pic below:
Two desks placed inward the room side to side leaving the infinite inward betwixt for the bed.
You tin cheque that start role right HERE.

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The side yesteryear side stage inward this projection was all almost constructing the overstep shelves.
For the sides I used 1 x 12 pino that I bought long fourth dimension agone to build the barn door, but together with hence I changed my withdraw heed when I constitute the salve door.

Since the shelves were form of long, I tried to beef them upwardly to brand them sturdier. I also tried to exercise materials I already had.


Well, my vecino gave me a whole ½" plywood canvass together with that's what I used to overstep each shelf.
I decided to piece of occupation out the shelves opened upwardly on the underside but inward illustration I needed to run cables for the lighting afterward on.

Both 'bookcases' were attached to the studs on the wall from the underside of the overstep shelf.
Once inward place, a 1 x 12 board every bit long every bit the entire wall, 12', was placed at the top.
The opening for the tin lights were done prior to bringing it up.

I added about supports to preclude the middle role from sagging over time, they were screwed to the joints inward the ceiling.


It was right away fourth dimension to create the confront frames. My certain agency to create those frames was yesteryear start criterion together with cutting the stiles (vertical pieces), which I together with hence taped to the carcass, making certain they were correct were they were supposed to be.
Then, I placed each of the rails (horizontal pieces), were they should become together with marked the cutting point. I also marked the spots on the stiles where the rails were going to live attached to.


Wood gum together with the Kreg jig are the things I used to seat the frames together. I also used gum together with brad nails to attach them to the carcasses.


Well, I couldn't unopen the overstep role but yet. Some to a greater extent than lights were going to live installed.

So, patch waiting for the fixtures together with the electrician to arrive, I began the icon part.

I used Annie Sloan Chalk pigment - French Linen.
Painting the desks was easy, at to the lowest degree the frames. The drawers were a fleck to a greater extent than complex. I closed upwardly all the pull/knob holes since both desks had dissimilar hardware together with the openings didn't match.


I decided to piece of occupation out the frame of each drawer unpainted, after all, I took me a proficient total of fourth dimension together with lots of endeavour to larn rid of the dark pigment on 1 of the desks!


Since the desk on the correct paw side had to live cutting to brand it gibe the superlative of the other desk, the lower drawer didn't fit. After taking the bring down off that drawer, I cutting it together with re-attached the bring down afterwards.


As a terminal detail, drawer door tag labels were added. The pulls were bought here.


This is how the desks hold off now. The bring down doesn't gibe on both desks together with they present the journeying they've been through. I similar that.

The hold off I'm going for inward this room is industrial/rustic, I intend they fit perfectly amongst this laid up.



2" lattice was added to the side of the shelves, I honey it, it hides hence good the unevenness on the wall.

So, hither is where they are.

As I said, I'm waiting for the electrical, which I promise I tin present y'all inward my side yesteryear side post!


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