Do you have a small office? Do your things and papers keep on getting mixed up? Does this cause chaos in your life? If that is the case, L-shaped corner desks can help you with that. They aren’t just good to look at, but they’re pretty functional as well. They enable you to keep everything within your reach. If you’re looking to build one, here’s what you need for this project.
Materials
* (2) 70-inch x 25-inch plywood
* screws
* (4) 26″ hairpin legs
* Danish oil
* 50’ iron-on edge banding
* polyurethane
* Walnut plugs
* wood glue
Tools
* Saw
* Drill
* Wood glue
* Utility knife or chisel
* Router
* Cloth/paper
Let’s get started.
I. Main desk
A. Cut the plywood for the top and bottom of the main desk and shelves.
* Cut the plywood by 70-inch long and 25 inches wide. You need two of the same size. You can increase the length or width depending on your preferred sizes.
B. Cut the side boards.
* Cut all the side board for about 4 inches tall using a saw.
Note: The top of the desk is a big box with reopening. The center and left section are open and the right section is enclosed.
C. Assemble all boards.
* Laid out all the side pieces on the bottom of the desk and marked all the drill holes on the sides of the 70×25” plywood.
* Screw the sides of the bottom part of the desk. You can just glue the top so you wouldn’t have any joinery showing on the top of your desk – gravity will take care of the rest anyhow.
* Pre-drill the plywood base. You can use the side pieces to elevate it up from your work table.
* Lastly, put the other 70-inch plywood and screw it on the underside of your desk.
D. Testing the stability of your main desk.
* Once you screw all the pieces, check if everything is nice and level.
* Once you check the firmness of your desk, unscrew the side pieces and put glue on it and then screw it back together.
E. Finishing the main desk.
* Use a utility knife to trim the edges or a chisel to trim down the other side of the plywood.
* Apply the iron-on edge banding on the edges of the desks. Line up one edge at a time with the hot iron. Do the same to all the other edges.
* Apply Danish oil all over your desk. You can just lay some on the desk and then wipe it off with a cloth or paper.
F. Attaching the legs.
* To keep the iron hairpin legs from rusting, coat it with polyurethane.
* Install the legs to your main desk.
II. Short desk
A. Making the short desk with the shelves
* Use a router to make the dados for the shelves. Remove the excess woods to make the exact thickness of the shelf.
* Use screws and glue and then put walnut plugs over the screw heads for the shorter part of the desk.
* Glue the top to the sides just like what you did with the main desk.
B. Making a bracket to connect the shorter desk to the main desk.
* Cut two pieces of the plywood and make a short L-shape
* Install it in the shorter desk.
* The bracket slides into the open box on the left side of the main desk.
* Glue the piece and screw it from the bottom of the main desk.
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