I made myself a floating desk (yet another French cleat creation) for my room, and then decided I needed some shelves for my PC and guitar amp:
Cozy mode, I added storage on the sides of the desk, each has their own little cleat screwed into the back of them. They were re-purposed from the previous desk:
Big upgrade from the roll top desk I had before! I was able to break most of it down and save the big pieces, it’s all just pine tho, made in 95. Dismantling it did show me how the roll top works, it’s literally just a bunch of wooden slats, glued to a piece of burlap… I can’t wait to make crazy roll up things on the CNC sometime soon lol
Details/Reflections/Notes for the next guy:
Desk:
clinedesignes_desk_20251031.dxf (133.3 KB)
- I made it before I experienced 3/4” stock. It is plenty solid for what I am doing with it though, with reinforced legs
- After I added the keyboard tray (monoprice) and monitor, it was wobbly. I decided to cut another pair of legs out of 3/4” plywood later, and I simply slid them onto the French cleats and slid them under the desk. The desk dropped right onto the new legs, solid as a rock now!
- The cut out for the computer monitor is in the middle of the desk, but I should have offset it for my monitor arm. Only way to get the monitor dead middle of the desk is to have it pulled out further than I’d like.
- I should have left a small gap between the desk’s rear edge and the French cleat legs, such that there would be a gap between the wall and the desk. I say this because the CNC cut the table top straight, but the wall is not straight. NBD once you put a bunch of shit on the desk and can’t see it anymore lol.
Shelves:
pc_shelf.dxf (280.5 KB)
- 3/4” plywood, rock solid! Really proud of myself with how stout they are
- Forgot to do overcuts on the tenons to get it super flush, but it ain’t going anywhere
More pics:
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