Pottery Barn Printer's Keyhole Desk Knock-Off Tutorial
I am together with therefore excited to percentage today's post! I may cause got a novel all-time favorite project. A few of you lot cause got been asking "Is the desk finished???". I've been sharing a few sneak peeks on Instagram and Facebook. Well, the desk has genuinely been done for a piddling while. The argue for the delay is I am involved inwards a seriously awesome collaboration (forgive me if I larn a piddling fan-girl correct now).
Ana White has been a huge inspiration to me, similar many of you lot out there. Not only is she an amazing builder, but she has some covet-able Google Sketch-Up skills. I knew I would live genuinely proud of this desk together with I wanted you lot all to cause got edifice plans for it, together with therefore I talked to Ana, together with she has designed plans to construct your ain Printer's Keyhole Desk. Head over to her site to larn a costless copy.
A dyad months dorsum my husband, who is currently a full-time applied scientific discipline student, requested a "real desk" for his birthday. Shamefully, nosotros cause got been using a dresser together with folding chair equally a make-shift component division infinite for years. After searching online for weeks, I decided on this desk from Pottery Barn.
If you lot know me at all, you lot know that I would NEVER pay $1000 for a desk, peculiarly 1 that is built out of particle board together with pino veneer. The get-go measuring to edifice 1 was to abide by some suitable legs. I talked to the people at Osborne Wood together with jurist what? They designed a tabular array leg that is a perfect fit to the inspiration! The Chatham Table Leg. Just await at them. Aren't they beautiful? Very reasonably priced I mightiness add. Around $20 each for knotty pine. You tin purchase your laid here.
You tin abide by detailed edifice plans on Ana's site, but if you lot similar a piddling to a greater extent than information, I'll walk you lot through the build.
In gild to larn the plywood home, I had to cause got it ripped downwards at the store. I went ahead together with asked them to rip downwards two, 15" broad strips, since that was the width I'd live working with. Once at home, I used my added border banding to the border that would live exposed on the front end of the desk.
Making certain to pre-drill to avoid splitting, I connected the panels to the horizontal back upwardly using forest gum together with 2" screws.
Now that I had the drawer compartment framed out, I figured how large I could brand my drawer openings together with added dividers.
In the center, I used a 1 x iv to necktie together both side of the desk together with to create a frame for the middle drawer. "Why a 1 x iv here?" Well, a smaller slice of forest would function fine, but this drawer uses a 1 x iv for the drawer front. Using the combat hither saves material.
In gild to purpose side mounted drawer slides, I needed to attach extra 1 x 2s, running front end to back. This gave me something to screw the slide to.
Its ever smart to construct your drawer boxes to fit the opening, non the other agency around. I construct iii for the left banking concern of drawers together with 1 for the center.
"But what most the other side?"
I hope this doesn't outrage anyone, but I intend printers are ugly (sorry printer people). And, since I was edifice this desk the agency I wanted, I decided to convert the correct banking concern of drawers (actually a large filing drawer inwards the Pottery Barn version) into a slide out tray that my printer tin sit down on.
Ana's plans demonstrate a large drawer, but if you lot similar this option, it's simply equally tardily to build. Simply *edge band
a slice of plywood the width of the drawer, attach drawer slides, together with blast on a handgrip if you lot wish. Now, to larn far await pretty.For the drawer fronts, unfortunately they turned out to live an strange height, together with therefore I had to rip them downwards alongside my tabular array saw. No fear, you lot could do the same alongside a circular saw. Remember to brand seven drawer fronts total; iii left side drawers, 1 middle and, iii "faux drawers" that you'll attach to the printer door.
If you lot larn alongside the printer tray option, you lot volition demand to construct an inset door from some other slice of plywood. A piddling to a greater extent than border banding together with it looks similar a enterprise slice of wood.
Instead of putting together a planked top, I bought a doner tabular array for $30 on Craigslist together with cutting it downwards to size. To larn far the locomote yesteryear together with drawer fronts await to a greater extent than similar the inspiration piece, I ran my router to a greater extent than or less the edges. For the locomote yesteryear I used a large cove chip on the underside, together with on the drawer fronts I used a round-over bit.
Before hanging the door, attaching the top, or screwing on the drawer fronts, I spent 2 days adding the complete to everything. Sorry for no photos of these steps (to my defense, I huffed a lot of lacquer during this process). I tin say you, I used custom mixed dark glaze for shadowing. I intend I spent one-half a solar daytime on shadowing alone. I wanted to pretend I was a "pro", together with I've had such expert results alongside my bath cabinets, that I decided to seal everything alongside semi-gloss lacquer. Lacquer is bully inwards some ways (self-leveling, drys quickly, hard equally a rock, etc), but takes a piddling practise to mix together with spray properly (not to mention, kills encephalon cells). A few days later, I had a complete to live proud of.
The side yesteryear side measuring was to attach the locomote yesteryear through the horizontal back upwardly together with alongside steal holes inwards the dorsum together with side panels. I would recommend non next my photograph together with pre-drilling your holes at an angle. Otherwise you lot don't cause got room to crusade the screws together with its a huge hurting inwards the butt.
I screwed on the drawer faces together with made a jig to drill for hardware (totally worth the time!).
I hung the inset door over the printer side, using mortised hinges together with screwed on the imitation drawer fronts together with hardware. That's it! I idea I was done, until.... I tried to opened upwardly the printer tray door.
The imitation drawer fronts wouldn't bummed into the leg together with wouldn't allow the door to opened upwardly plenty to larn the slide out. A few alternative words may cause got been said at this moment. I was convinced that I would cause got to cutting the drawer fronts down, together with refinish them. Not only did that audio similar a ton of work, but it would also mess alongside the balanced await of the desk. I was NOT happy. Later that day, my vivid hubby suggested an tardily fix. "Why don't you lot motility the hinges to the bottom together with allow the door flip down?" Worked similar a champ. No cutting required.
Are you lot ready to run across it all finished?! Here it is
And for reference, the Pottery Barn version:
I wanted mine a piddling darker together with cooler, but I intend it looks pretty darn close. It may live a piddling "old school", but that's what I wanted. A classic slice inwards a neutral color that would stand upwardly the exam of time.
I am inwards honey alongside the antique brass loving cup pulls. They were generously donated yesteryear D. Lawless Hardware.
Thanks to my hubby, the printer tray door plant perfectly.
When I demand to impress something, I simply slide it out.
I know this mightiness audio cheesy, but when I built this desk, I had the goal of making an heirloom character slice of furniture. I desire my grandkids to live writing college papers on "Granny's desk".
Who knows if my progeny volition notwithstanding desire this desk? But I know I was able to built a enterprise wood, traditional desk for a fraction of $1000, together with it has to a greater extent than than a piddling honey built into it.
It took many steps to build, but I hope you, it wasn't rattling difficult. Make certain you lot banking concern check out Ana's site for the total plans together with materials list.
*I was compensated alongside sponsored production for this project, though my sentiment was inwards no agency influenced. I only endorse products that I honey together with use. This postal service contains affiliate links.
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