Sunday, 28 December 2008

Desk top DIY

My desk top always looks messy, no matter how hard I try to keep it tidy. Reason behind this is because most of the item on my desk are pretty bulky... laptop, LCD and speaker already took up over 50% of the space.
The major problem I found on my desk top is that the space behind my laptop is pretty much wasted. You might ask why don't I put my LCD behind the laptop, its because the laptop will block half of the screen, so I have no choice but put it side by side.
To overcome this issue, I have to lift up my LCD somehow, and this gave me a further idea, why don't I just make my desktop double decker? =P
So, I went to Ikea, I went to furniture stores, but I could'nt find any suitable item... Another Idea came up... yes you guessed it, DIY!! Bunnings Warehouse is my next stop!!
Da da! This is the final solution to my desk top renovation!! Sorry I didnt take any photos for the processes, but basically I just had some measurements done, and pick a suitable wood from the warehouse, get the staff to cut it into the size I wanted, then finally assemble them together at home.
Much neater now is'nt it? WAHAHA!!
Its my first time doing a full end to end furniture DIY, so some of the finishing are not quite good (probably not obvious from the photo lol), but sure it was fun and its unique =)

Overall cost: apprx AUD$23
Time: apprx 2 hours (would be faster if I have electric driller... =.=)

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