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A 2m long Pine bench supported by Taskmaster steel table legs for a D.I.Y. home office desk.
The project
A custom-built desk for the home office. Built pre-COVID, for home-based projects and gaming, this desk was a lifesaver when the pandemic came around, allowing for both my wife and me to work from home as easily as we would from an onsite location. I highly encourage everyone to ensure they have a nice, relaxing home office space for school, work and relaxation.
Continuing on from a previous post regarding our DIY home office drawers, this is the custom desk that I built for working at home and gaming. It is 2m long and 600mm deep, allowing for plenty of desk space. The desk itself is secured to the wall using 30mm Pine and various brackets and it's further supported by Taskmaster black steel table legs. Mounted on the wall is a 4K screen used as a secondary screen. The cables are hidden in a cable duct.
The desk features five holes. Three holes are 60mm wide to accommodate the Taskmaster 60mm grommets, while the next hole is 40mm wide and is used for the microphone arm. The final hole is 30mm wide and is hidden behind the desktop, which is where all the cables are fed through.
Mounted on the Pine boards are two large power boards, these are fixed securely and have no wiggle to them. Just in front of that is the IKEA Signum, an extremely popular cable management option. These are secured under the desk and hide a variety of the cables and take away any of the loose, dangling weight.
The ethernet cord isn't my best work, but purchasing from a homeowner who went a little crazy with some D.I.Y. renos, I had few options. This, along with the power cord for the power board, is secured to the wall via a Cobra large cord clip and goes to the back of the desktop via a 40mm hole cut out above the subwoofer stand.
The stand itself is nothing too pretty. It's made out of some leftover board I used for another project and secured to the wall via Pine and brackets. It covers the subwoofer well and acts as a shelf for our Google Home Unit.
In total, this project was around $200 thanks to some Bunnings specials. Desks of similar sizes can sell upwards of $1000, so I'm happy with how this came out.
How to build a desk
Workshop member Rob (Peggers) has provided a step-by-step guide on How to build a desk, which includes a full list of the tools and materials.
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Good afternoon @Remarka6le
Thats a nice looking desk! I often daydream looking at the timber benchtops and wondering what type of desk and whereit would fit. Your idea works well in saving space and having a useful desk at the same time!
I also like the shelf above the subwoofer 
At the moment my subwoofer "walks' the speaker I have sitting on it almost to the point of it falling off!
A sweet setup.
Dave
