DIY Farmhouse Panel Consuming Desk

Joyful Thanksgiving friends! I am so utterly glad to share at the moment’s endeavor! When points went crazy once more in March, my consuming room grew to change into additional of a home office for our family. I’ve 6 kiddos, 5 of them in school. As plans continued to change, I eliminated my outdated consuming desk I constructed to make room for desks. We are literally in a particular place, and the schooling state of affairs has modified for all of my children. I decided it was time to take once more my consuming room. First step… A model new consuming desk little one! I designed this DIY Farmhouse Panel Consuming Desk using solely 2×6 boards, 1 small sheet of scrap plywood and some beautiful barn wood! Look how cute she turned out!

Sooner than we start, check out the DIY video on this desk beneath! You might also seize the free printable plans on the bottom of this submit.

Moreover, I have to share the place I found among the many goodies!

I chosen to utilize THIS BARN WOOD from Lowe’s. It was low-cost and I did the whole desk with 1 subject and some to spare. LOVE it.

The chairs have been a steal! I found the HERE on Amazon!

I used my AMAZING Kreg Foreman for this assemble!

Yow will uncover the face clamps I used HERE!

This complete desk is constructed with 2×6 boards that I ripped down to 5” and 4”. Make the cuts for the legs first after which rip each board to 5” huge. Glue 2 boards collectively and clamp to type a leg. You will assemble 4 of these legs.

As quickly because the legs are dry, you’ll be able to start attaching to type your base. The horizontal boards shall be ripped to 4” huge each. Join them to the legs using wood glue and a few.5” pocket hole screws by way of 1.5” pocket holes. You want them flush with the ends of the leg boards and flush with one side of the legs. You will repeat the step to type 2 bases.

Place the matching boards on excessive of the pocket holes out of your completely different boards you merely attached. Join these boards using wood glue and a few” finish nails. Repeat this step on the second base.

Now join the plywood services to every bases. Add 3/4” pocket holes spherical all edges of the plywood and repair into the underside using wood glue and 1.5” pocket hole screws. The panels shall be set once more 1 1/8” from the floor edges of the legs.

Now add the best 2x board to each of your bases. These are ripped to 5” each. Join the to the best and coronary heart of each base using wood glue and a few.5” wood screws by way of the best of the board and into each base.

Now join the best runner to every bases. This board is ripped to 5” huge. Join it to the center of each base using wood glue and a few.5” pocket hole screws by way of 1.5” pocket holes and into the best of each base.

The first bottom runner shall be attached the similar means. Line it up centered and flush with the underside of the bases. Join them to the bases using wood glue and a few.5” pocket hole screws by way of 1.5” pocket holes.

The second runner is the same to the first one you merely attached. It’s moreover ripped to 5”. Add wood glue excessive of the attached runner and set the second on excessive of it. Clamp them collectively guaranteeing they’re flush and repair with 2.5” wood screws from the underside of the underside runner and into the best one.

Assemble the desk excessive subsequent. These boards are all ripped to 5” huge. Join the planks using 2.5” pocket hole screws by way of 1.5” pocket holes. Then, join each breadboard using 2.5” pocket hole screws by way of the 1.5” pocket hole on the end of each board.

The last word step is attaching the best. I wait until I get the desk moved into
the home the place it is going to hold, and repair at the moment which makes shifting heaps easier. I moreover don’t use wood glue on this half so that I can switch it as soon as extra later. Join the best by way of the runner and excessive assist boards on each base using 2.5” wood screws.

You could add barnwood or any kind of planks it’s essential on the plywood panels. Attempt our video to see how I attached mine. That’s the proper desk to customize and make your particular person. Be certain you share your builds with using #shanty2chic!