Glad weekend guys! It’s Spring Break proper right here and this mom couldn’t be additional joyful. I am making an attempt forward to sleep and no coach emails… And I am constructive that they are making an attempt forward to not emailing me! As we converse I am sharing the AMAZING secretary we designed and constructed for the Davis family on HGTV Open Concept. Their “office” space was within the midst of their lounge, and we would have liked to offer them a way to cowl the papers and stuff and really have a beautiful helpful space. So, attempt our reply! Proper right here is the DIY Flip Prime Secretary we designed!
How pretty is that?! It’s a beast. I actually like the whole thing about this piece. Sooner than I get started, it is best to undoubtedly get hold of and print the FREE PLANS by clicking HERE!
The overwhelming majority of this gadgets makes use of hardwood plywood. I used PureBond Plywood from Dwelling Depot to assemble mine. I had the fellows at Dwelling Depot rip mine into in depth boards as indicated inside the plans and I made the cross cuts at dwelling with my miter seen. That allowed me to get it in my car to get it dwelling.
I started by developing the sector or physique of this piece. This makes use of three/4″ pocket holes and I attached the whole thing with wood glue and 1.25″ pocket hole screws.
Underneath is a shot of the piece on it’s facet. You’ll see the pocket holes coping with the place you obtained’t see them.
Now for the cupboards. These too will doubtless be attached using wood glue and 1.25″ pocket hole screws through the pocket holes.
I moreover nailed and glued the center of this board all the way in which right down to the underside door divider.
The dividers for this shelf have a pleasurable arched design. This merely offers some character to the piece when the door is open. Use a jig seen to cut the rounded edge of each divider. I attached them using wood glue and nails.
I nailed the best board in place to each divider as properly.
The second smaller dividers are attached with pocket hole screws into the first shelf. You’ll see these are attached upside-down.
The best shelf board may also be attached with pocket holes on each side and nailed to the dividers. Guarantee in order so as to add glue to your whole joints!
At this stage, your piece ought to look like this!
I constructed the underside of the secretary subsequent. That’s 1×2 gadgets scale back to dimension for the ft and hooked as much as boards. I used my impression driver to make this half less complicated, nonetheless it is also doable to make use of a drill. Guarantee to utilize wood glue beneath each foot!
As quickly as I had the leg assemblies constructed, I attached these to the underside of the piece using wood glue and Spax screws.
Lastly I trimmed the whole factor out. I used a small skinny trim I found at Dwelling Depot for this half. I merely glued and nailed the whole thing in place using my 18V brad nailer.
As quickly as I trimmed the piece and the doorways, I attached them in place as properly.
The plan hyperlinks to the {{hardware}} you want for the inside of the door.
On account of I chosen to paint this piece, I crammed all of my nail holes with wood filler and sanded them evenly sooner than painting the whole thing. I moreover wanted to distress it solely a bit, so I used stain on the edges and corners sooner than painting it with paint. I moreover stained the inside of the secretary so it is perhaps pretty when you opened the door. After the paint dried, I used a sander to evenly distress throughout the corners and edges.
I used actually one in all our FAV colors on this piece… It’s often known as Urbane Bronze by Sherwin-Williams. The stain color is Darkish Walnut by Varathane.
The L brackets and strap hinges are all from Dwelling Depot. I bought them in silver and spray painted them gold to match the alternative {{hardware}}.
Listed beneath are hyperlinks to the alternative {{hardware}} I used! I found all these goodies at House of Classic {{Hardware}} and I am along with hyperlinks to them on Amazon.
And proper right here she is all accomplished up!
