An old door makes an interesting desk.
A DIY desk made out of a visually-pleasing vintage door covered in glass is easy to make and will give your office a cozy feel. The glass highlights the architectural design of your door, and gives you a flat surface to work on. Does this Spark an idea?
Instructions
1. Choose a door that has raised panels or some other design that you would like to showcase. Remove any hardware. Measure one third of the way down one long edge and twelve inches toward the other long edge and mark this spot. Use the drill to make a hole to accommodate your computer cords. Measure and the note the exact measurements to your marked spot so that you can give them to the glassier when you are having your glass cut.
2. Have a piece of glass professionally cut to the measurements of the door. Ask the glassier to bevel the edges and to drill a hole that matches the hole you drilled in the door.
3. Sand the door and the filing cabinets. Prime and paint as desired.
4. Cut felt to fit the top of each file cabinet and glue in place.
5. Set the file cabinets so that the door will lay across them, forming your desk. Lay the door in place. Make sure that the door's short edges are even with the outside edges of the cabinets. The felt will help keep the door from sliding.
6. Set the glass on top of the door, lining up the cord holes.
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