#Cubes for bookshelves full

I have used both white shelves (#1 and #2) to do this desk. The bookshelves I used are 3o” tall and the IKEA desktop is 1 3/8″. This desk is about 32″ tall after it is assembled. It depends on the height of the shelf you use. Here are some of the most common questions and answers. I’ve gotten a lot of questions since sharing this tutorial. The desktop and shelves are not solid wood and screws can come loose from them. If you plan to move it, we recommend disassembling it.

This desk is great and sturdy to work on.

If you use the exact items we have used, then 2″ wood screws or similar will work.

Choose heavy screws that will be long enough to go through the top of shelves but NOT all the way through the desktop.

You now have a great DIY desk with storage to work with! Style! Add a lamp, bins, books, and office storage items. If you want to, add marble contact paper to the desktop – follow directions on the package.

Use a screwdriver to screw the shelves into the desktop.

Center your shelves in the middle of the desktop measure the sides of your desktop and your shelf to find the centers of each, and mark them.

Measure and mark four spots on the inside of the shelf where you will drill.

Place the tops of the bookshelves on the bottom of the desktop.

Measure where you want the bookshelves to be and make sure they are even.

#Cubes for bookshelves full

I could have done this myself, it was that easy, but in full disclosure, my husband did help me. The total cost of the new desk: about $90. Then I decided to use marble contact paper on the desktop which cost $11. I found storage cube shelves that I thought looked better (which at the time were $30 each) from Target. This desk can cost under $100, $60, or even under $50- if you find the right deals on the storage cubes and the desktop! However, prices tend to go up and down. IKEA may not currently sell the Linnmon in the size shown here. *UPDATE ON THE LINNMON DESKTOP: The desktop I used is 59″ x 29.5″ x 2″. I never truly loved the gray LINNMON desktop, it just happened to be the one they had in stock and it cost less than $20 so I went with it. What I ended up deciding was to get two cube storage shelves ( these, which at the time were about $18 each) and an IKEA desktop. It’s funny because they weren’t expensive, but I felt I could do something cheaper with the same amount of elbow grease. IKEA DESK HACKīack story: after looking at all of the small IKEA desk options I had some ideas but didn’t feel that they were all worth the money, at the time.

This particular desktop has had three lives a craft desk, a headboard for our guest room, and now it’s my desk again but with a shiny, new look!Ībove is what the desk looked like after I made it in 2013. We love DIY projects and making old things new again. Recently, with the entire world all of a sudden working or learning from home, even more people have been making the desk! I shared this DIY desk tutorial on the blog almost seven years ago, and it has remained very popular. The storage makes this desk perfect for a small workspace!Īfter we moved into our house, we needed a cheap desk as soon as possible, and this beautiful IKEA desk hack for under $60* was born. It’s perfect for a home office, virtual learning, or crafting. This IKEA hack desk is easy to make with a cheap IKEA desk top and two cube storage shelves.