Overall, I have been very satisfied with the desk build. I was happy I used corner braces on the inside because they are pushing the drawer slides inward while the drawer is putting force on the drawer sides outward. After each leg was attached, I flipped over the desk and slid the drawer in. These were simple and I just used a drill to screw in screws at each hole in the leg. Once fully screwed in, I attached the desk legs. After all of the necessary markups, I screwed in the corner braces for the drawer sides on the inside of the drawer. I made sure the legs fit and drew spots for where each screw for the leg should go. After confirming it slid smoothly and evenly, I marked where to screw in the corner braces to attach the drawer sides underneath the desk top. Once that was assembled, I laid out the drawer and tested it. I then screwed in the drawer slides on each side of the drawer as well as each side of the wood panel used for the drawer. I measured where the drawer slides needed to go for the drawer to be completely level. I first laid it all out to ensure everything fit as expected. The next steps came actually assembling the desk. Once the second coat dried, we did the final fine sand and felt for any wood that needed more sanding. After the sealant dried and the recommended time passed, all wood was finely sanded again before the next coat. I opted to not paint or stain the wood because I liked the color of the plywood, but I would have painted it before sealing the wood. After all pieces of wood (desk top, drawer, 2 drawer sides) were sanded, they were coated for the first time using a foam brush and a sealant. After using a rougher sander, we used a finer sander to get the wood feeling very soft and to take away any splinter risk. We did not do any measuring here but rather sanded down to what looked and felt best. The edges were also sanded to round the edges and a sander was used to round the corners as well. The wood was thoroughly sanded with a rough sander on each side. Extra pieces of wood were used for the drawer sides. I ended up cutting from the corner to reduce the number of cuts which worked flawlessly with my computer keyboard and my piano keyboard both fitting perfectly. The first step was cutting the right dimensions for the drawer tray. ![]() Lowe’s cut the wood across the x- and y-axis. Initially, I thought I would stack two pieces of wood and glue them together for a thicker desk, but I found a perfect piece of wood that didn’t even need to stack them. I ended up sketching the dimensions out on Excel, went to Lowe’s to get a 4×8 with two cuts. ![]() I had seen many posts online about people doing similar projects, but none of them were exactly what I was looking for. ![]() I quickly found this was not readily available so I began designing one. I wanted a space that fit into the corner in my room that had a pull out drawer for my piano keyboard. I had been talking about getting a desk, but I could not find one that met all my needs. For over 6 months, I was working from a bar stool and my kitchen counter.
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