Our sheet measured 48-3/4 inches wide and 97 inches long (a typical sheet of plywood is 48 inches wide by 96 inches long). The plywood sheet we used to make the top was a higher-grade material than you will find in a home center. Some of the other materials you might consider are butcher block, MDF panels, and tongue and groove flooring. Deliberate staining and finishing accentuated that look.Īlternatives: If it’s flat and has the correct dimensions, it can be a desktop. Look: Harkening back to the mid-century modern influence and embracing the exposed plywood layers was the look I was after. The longer you go past 8 feet, the more complicated your options. Length: Keeping the entire desk assembly under 8 feet allows a wide array of standard-length sheet good options. Ripping the sheet in half and laminating the two pieces together for a 1-1/2-inch-thick top is highly attractive and cost-effective. Price: This 3/4-inch 4x8 sheet of furniture grade plywood (A1 Oak, $100) had a near-finished face when we picked it up. In the spirit of taking matters into my own hands, what serves as the desktop surface can is fully customizable.
I went back to the sketchbook and collaborated with colleague Roy Berendsohn in bringing Popular Mechanics an updated Version 2.0 of the Ikea desk hack. I wanted a smoother and more consistent surface, and I wanted a better arrangement of its storage space. The original desk used oak flooring as the work top. But there were aspects of it that I knew I could improve. Maybe those goals were contradictory, but I built a prototype of the desk I designed and used it daily for the last three years. I’m not a woodworker, so it needed to be simple to build and affordable. And it was equally important to me that the desk had to be a nice piece of furniture, something worth sitting at each day. I took its inspiration from mid-century modern credenzas, but under the hood I wanted it to have all the high-tech considerations necessary for the work I do as a digital designer. In my sketchbook, I designed a piece of furniture using Ikea components and lumber. The problem was that finding a piece of furniture to suit my needs and budget was impossible. The future of office-based work looked doubtful. I was a college senior as the pandemic closed the world down in 2020, but by then I already knew I would be spending a lot of time at a desk, probably at home.
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