![]() It took me a few hours to build and stain and clear coat. I built this desk on Saturday, working here and there, as much as I could with kids and no babysitter. The top shelf is pretty much decor and seldom used items. On the shelves just above the moniter the mail, pencils and office accessories end up - it's too high for the baby to get into and too narrow to clutter with other stuff. Moving up, I keep more books, a receipt collection bucket. On the lower larger shelves, I keep my recycling basket and printer, the next level of shelves is baskets to hide all my electronics and cords and a few books. I've been using it for about a week now, and can't even express how much I love it!!! The desk area is just big enough for my monitor, keyboard and mouse - no clutter can accummulate there! And will all the diffrent sized shelves at different heights, I can keep all my stuff organized and within easy reach. So I needed a desk that would maximize storage and functionality, in the smallest possible footprint. I live in a small space, without the luxury of having a dedicated office. ![]() You can find the leaning ladder desk plans here.I'm writing to you today from a brand new desk that I built last weekend! ![]() The leaning ladder bookshelf plans follow (if this is the homepage, you'll need to click READ MORE below). This made installing the desk shelves much easier too. Then when I went to put the shelves in in the desk, I just matched them up with the shelves in the bookshelves. Then I clamped the desk legs to the bookshelf legs (see in photo above) so the legs matched exactly. This saved a ton of time and frusturation, as placing those shelves can be a pain, especially if you are having to measure around lower shelves.Īnother little tip is I built the two bookshelves before the main desk piece. Then I just set the next shelf on top of the blocks, and screwed it in place.Īnd repeated those steps for all of the remaining shelves. Then I cut two plywood blocks exactly 11" in height and set them on top of the first shelf. Then I screwed the shelf to the legs with 1-1/4" screws. I used a level and clamps to get everythign just right. I set my first shelf, with 9-1/2" space underneath the shelf. One trick that really saved me a ton of time was this: I love that the shelves are all 1x boards - so no plywood cutting or edge banding to dress up raw plywood edges. I don't have time to look for paperwork or clear off my desk to work - it always has to be tidy and everything easy to find.īuilding the bookshelves followed the same steps as the desk, but I made the overall width about half of the desk size (just under 16" to maximize cuts on 8 foot long material), and of course, more shelves. As a working mom, with small children and limited babysitting, my desk has to be super organized. I love having the different sized shelves to sort out my stuff. The bookshelves have been sanity savers for organizing my office. I promised you I'd share with you the bookshelf plans too! Thanks so much for all the comments and likes on the new plans I posted last week for my leaning ladder desk!Īnd thank you to all of you who watched the video too - I'm glad that putting the extra time into creating video is helpful to some of you!
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