Building a Modern Desk - Part 3

So, the desk is finally completed. All in all, it took us 2 full days, and about $225 to create this desk - but it's not only beautiful, it's extremely functional and incredibly tailor made to us. It spans the entire length of our wall, and has a custom built storage unit included. When we were pricing desks which weren't exactly what we were looking for, the total cost was around $400.

If you missing the beginning of the desk saga, you can find part 1 here, and part 2 here.

So, continuing on where left off, we ended Saturday night with having primed all of the boards, as well as painted them in the gloss black paint that we had picked out. Now, it was on to assembly.

First, we built the shelving unit, which is shown below - it may look weird as it has no top on it, but our desks served as the top for the unit and met right in the middle.

Second, we measured up, and then leveled out the supporting braces for the desk along the back and sides. Basically, the top of our desk is 3/4 in thick piece of wood that is supported along the back and one side by wood, and then on the other end by the shelving unit. 

To prevent bowing in the middle, there are two L brackets on each side mounted into the studs for extra security. You can see one of them here. 

We are so happy with the completed product. We immediately unpacked some of the boxes that have remained packed for weeks now, and loaded them into the desk. Below is the shot of it in it's entirety. As you can see, the middle portion is used to house Tyggy's favorite sleeping cube, so that he can be with me during the day while I work.

This is a shot of Silas's side of the desk, which as you can see is already laden down with electronics. 

Below is my side of the desk, which will generally be used as my work space, but will double as a crafting space on the weekends. 

And, in our happiness at getting everything together, Si also put together the wire shelving that I used to use to hold my crafting items, at which point, I loaded them down with all of my craft stuff. The plan is to get great fabric bins on sale, and put them all in there, but it was just great to get everything in right now.

So that's it! We have an amazing desk, and feel free to ask any questions you may have about creating it yourselves. There was a lot that we had to leave out, just based on not boring you all to death!