Gorgeous DIY Office Built Ins Reveal
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After what feels like years, my office built ins are finally finished. And it was worth all the hard work and effort, because I am in love with how they turned out. I’m dying to share it with you.
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It doesn’t look like the same room at all!Â
GETTING STARTED ON THE OFFICE BUILT INS
The first step was to build these two little platforms. I usually do platforms for my cabinet boxes to sit on because I haven’t even needed a kick plate cutout. I’m sure I will at some point.
For the upper cabinets, I did them out of melamine as well. They were much larger because in my initial plan, they were going to be the base cabinets.
After the side cabinet were up, I cut some 1/4″ plywood for the backs of them, so they would look nicer. I usually don’t bother with backs on my cabinets, but I’d never done uppers before. Then I built the bookcases.
This was tricky, but I got these to fit perfectly between the cabinet and the ceiling. I screwed them in and then nailed the MDF to the front. This was not my favorite part.
I built simple boxes with a 1/4″ plywood bottom nailed on. I installed them on the slides and then closed them. I nailed the fronts on in place and then screwed them in from inside the box.
After a few days of drying, I installed the doors on Euro Hinges purchased from Home Depot and then installed the gold pulls which I love. It took me forever to decide on them, but I love what I chose. They look so good with the black cabinets!
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It looks beautiful. However I don't think it is an easy project. Thanks for sharing.
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You did an amazing job, it looks fantastic.
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What did you use for the top of the base cabinets and is it one long piece?
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Gary
What happened with the sides of the cabinet? Pictures only show the center on the cabinet...
I think this home office looks just brilliant. I wanna try to create something similar in 3d, probably in planner 5d. Do you mind if I do that? Also, what is this style called?