The Making of a Desk Part 2

If you haven't read Part 1 of the Making of a Desk go read it so you will be caught up.

Once again I will keep this as simple as possible and hope that it helps you with projects of your own.

-It might be hard to tell but I painted the insides of the open cabinets green, and started playing around with what I might like in them.

-We reattached the doors

-You can see the difference in the old paint and the new here

-The sides were in rough shape and we knew they would need help

-This side had a gap, we had to fill in with plywood to make the sides even

-We chose to cover the sides with bead board to add some charm,

I have loved the idea of hanging bead board horizontally since seeing it in my friend Kelly's house.

-Added crown molding to the top 

-We finished the corners with trim

-The edges did not meet up with the wall here, so we encased it with shoe mold trim

-This gave it a more finished look

-I knew I wanted to use trim to make "boxes" on the front of the doors

-We drew out where the trim would go with a pencil

-Cut trim pieces to size and used a finish nailer to attach

-I knew I wanted a self in the middle for extra storage, so we cut a board to size and used brackets (purchased from Lowe's) to hold it up

-To give it a balanced look we also used a bracket at each end

-You can also see where we got inspired and add a piece of trim around the side of the desk top to match the trim on the front of the cabinets

-Fill in all nail holes and gaps with wood filler

-Let dry

-Sand

-Prime

-And paint

There you have it...

That is how we got from here

to

Here

This whole project cost around $200

not bad for a custom desk.

I hope this inspires you to try something at your house.