We used those same IKEA drawer banks for my wife’s sewing Center. They are a pain in the neck to put together, but work very well. Really like the tops.
After watching the video advert i was still skeptical. But when i finally downloaded the plans th-cam.com/users/postUgkxZF0EMnrujZvqHhGkxiz559uIABJWR9TG i was very impressed. The whole plan was just as you said in the video. Thank you very much. I now have a large and valuable collection for my woodworks. This is great!
I'm researching building a desk for my work space. Didn't think about adding Ikea drawers, opting instead to building my own. But I saw how well they actually fit into your design and that may save a whole lot of time and look nicer than what I can accomplish.
I don't have any carpentry skill, but my cousins do -- and your video gave me an idea for a desk in a little nook of my master bedroom using the alex drawers plus the project panels -- before, I was thinking how to fit one of those ikea countertops into a nook that is just 68in wide. Instead, I'll definitively go with this.
I built a desk similar to the one in this video two years ago. I ended up making it about 10 feet long to fill an area in one of our bedrooms. It has been the best addition to our house, especially while my wife and WFH - we use it every day. Thank you for the inspiration, Travis! Looking forward to more awesome videos.
Just finished my office desk. Set it as a priority because I really needed a dedicated area where I could think and like you mentioned run my printers and soddering stations. Def. ready to start working on projects now
I dig this! I tried to make a similar desk a year ago. Burned the top and finished it all nice until I realized I needed to change the size. Having no saw at the time, I took it back to Lowe's and gave them the measurements for the panel saw. They flipped my measurements and ruined the whole thing. Haha! I just literally walked away and left the wood. Now I am ready to try again. I have a lot more tools and know-how now. Just finished the basement in my new home myself. Trying to figure out an easy-to-move desk at the bottom landing of my basement stairs. Stuck on ideas but I think your build might have inspired some tweaks. Loving the vids!
I love this, would love to see these types of projects for people who do not have complete woodworking setups. I don't have anything like what was shown and would love to do my own desk.
Very nice home office upgrade. I’ve worked from home for 12 years and have been using various metal tables and desks. I’ve always wanted to build my own office furniture.
that propane burning of the wood reminds me of something a friend and mine did many years ago making min gofers to shoot at the range. ha ha.. nice table. my brother in law helped me make one using pine as the base and a laminated top..
Great project and channel! I like your attitude, attention to detail and choice of projects. It occurs to me that a piece of 3" white PVC pipe, with about 1/3 of it ripped out lengthwise, would make an excellent cable tray. Mounted to the back ledger board as a trough with the top open, it would contain and hide your cables, preventing the need to attach them to the board individually.
This is exactly what I have been trying to invision. Great build and not too many needed tools beyond what the common person has. Now to find a buddy with a table saw....... Again, great build!
Its was a fast reliable solution for and office with good time management with out hurting your pockets! Nice use of time, money and use of a different concept with the end result the same. A home office!
For an office space that I NEED to get done. I was going to buy some used desk but I found that to be boring plus the better the desk the more expensive. I like your idea with the IKEA drawers. I'm just going to have to find a half to a full day to put those drawers together. Lol. Thanks . Keep it up.
Previously I watched a rich YT showing off his room, basically he went to the room, turned everything on, then filmed going down the stairs, this is my room he stated, all bought, it was just a vain show to everyone... look I am rich... pathetic.. I posted some not pleasant things, but found your video... well done, I love the start to finish, got my like.
@Dominic Yeh sorry you are right, my office includes a PC of I7-6850k with 16gb HyperX Predator DDR 4 Ram with a 8GB NVIDIA GEFORCE GTX 1070, as well as 3 Monitors plus a 32 inch TV. I also have an Oculus Rift as well as 2 X Raspberry Pi's, a Now TV box, and Xbox One... oh there's the 5.1 Logitech speakers, plus the NVIDIA Shield.. oh also in my Room is a Sony AIBO ERS-7... I also have an Alien Aurora with an Intel I7-4960 Extreme addition with a 4gb GDDR Geforce GTX 950 I'm looking to sell, yeh you are right I must work harder!, or post what I have to shut you up.
I don't see anyone doing this themselves, most will probably just purchase an Ikea butcher block countertop, save themselves many hours of hard work and call it a day.. But you're undoubtedly very skilled at woodworking. This channel will grow to a million subs, mark my words.. Oh, and I love your dogs..
Epic puppy battles! I dont think I would have used an espresso color on the wood after burning it. A natural tone would have looked very good. Good work, inspiring! I am wanting to do built ins in the garage and will definitely use your ideas to build my setup!
U can get the same dark color for the tops if u burn a little darker, wash the loose dust, then sand to desired color and clear coat. I love Your stuff man keep it up
Holy shit, you did exactly what I wanted to do with my future desk. I wasn't sure if I'd be able to get a 45* edge on a piece of plywood with a circular, so seeing you do it, really has me confident that I can it as well (well, at least try it anyway).
I love doing the burnt wood finish (shosugiban), I do find it comes out really even when you go really dark then brush off the soot with a soft bristle brush, it would have also saved you from staining. That way also gives a nice texture to the wood.
Did two very similar projects, one home office and a bookcase wall storage solution in another room. Both integrated IKEA hacks also used project panels as tops. Hands down the IKEA portion were the headache of the jobs. Great work man turned out nice.
Very helpful, thank you. April 3rd is my birthday coincidentally, heh. I want to completely remove every piece of furniture from my den and install hardwood floors. Then from there I want to install a really massive desk/entertainment center. If I'm able to pull it off it's going to be something really special. It's going to display my computer with three 34" ultrawide monitors, another computer with two 37" ultrawide monitors, a laptop running a 24" monitor, a PS4 with a 60" 4K tv... 2 Ibanez Jem, a Peavey Wolfgang, a Nuno Bettencourt N4, a Les Paul, a Seagull acoustic guitar, an Ibanez bass.... a BOSS Katana amp, a Marshall JCM800 Stack, a Line6 Firehawk FX effects processor.... and some other stuff... lol. So you can see why I decided against just buying a desk.
You really need to get one of those larger torches that hook up to a propane tank. I did a similarly sized table top that way, worked much better than using the tiny torch
Was thinking the same thing. When I saw the tiny torch first thought was that's not really the best tool for that, followed by "he definitely doesn't like the look of it either" when he busted out the super dark stain. Project as a whole turned out nice though.
Some amazing build right there. I really enjoyed that. Thank you for making that video, as it had entertained me for the whole entier time watching it.
Love the finish work on the desktops. I use the satin version of polycrylic, and I use 320 grit sandpaper just to knock down the dust nibs on my wood sign projects. This was one of the first videos I saw when you started out, and I backtracked to watch the workbench series before this video, so it's nice to know that I'm an OG, and still watching your videos to get inspiration for shop greatness! Keep up the great work, Travis!
Nice finish! Very bachelor style. I kinda did something like this, but didnt do the burned wood style. As for the desktop - I used a recycled desktop that my office was going to toss out. I took it home, painted black with cabinet paint and added a nice thick coat of polyurethane vs polycrylic. I found out the hard way when I was mounting it, the polycrylic with the cabinet paint it would scratch really easy and peel right off. So I had to un-mount it added a nice thick coat of the polyurethane. Wish I could add pictures, so you can check it out. Great vid, I'll keep watching more of ya stuff.
Like the build man, good stuff. I stumbled on your page/channel by way of TESTED - Adam Savage, not that he needs any more plugs. I appreciate your humour and your creativity with making videos. I have not done much video making or building, but like seeing the inspiration. Thanks and SUBSCRIBED.
I'm new to your channel and love it. I have binged watched all of them. The more I watched the better I like them. Then I saw the UT sticker in your tool box. Go Vols!!
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Great video and Go Vols!
We used those same IKEA drawer banks for my wife’s sewing Center. They are a pain in the neck to put together, but work very well. Really like the tops.
After watching the video advert i was still skeptical. But when i finally downloaded the plans th-cam.com/users/postUgkxZF0EMnrujZvqHhGkxiz559uIABJWR9TG i was very impressed. The whole plan was just as you said in the video. Thank you very much. I now have a large and valuable collection for my woodworks. This is great!
The glitter is a nice touch😆
I'm researching building a desk for my work space. Didn't think about adding Ikea drawers, opting instead to building my own. But I saw how well they actually fit into your design and that may save a whole lot of time and look nicer than what I can accomplish.
I don't have any carpentry skill, but my cousins do -- and your video gave me an idea for a desk in a little nook of my master bedroom using the alex drawers plus the project panels -- before, I was thinking how to fit one of those ikea countertops into a nook that is just 68in wide. Instead, I'll definitively go with this.
I built a desk similar to the one in this video two years ago. I ended up making it about 10 feet long to fill an area in one of our bedrooms. It has been the best addition to our house, especially while my wife and WFH - we use it every day. Thank you for the inspiration, Travis! Looking forward to more awesome videos.
Burnt and stained desktops is a great idea...
Wow.Respect for all humans who can work with there hands! Talent , hard work, excellent results! Hats off!
Just finished my office desk. Set it as a priority because I really needed a dedicated area where I could think and like you mentioned run my printers and soddering stations. Def. ready to start working on projects now
I dig this! I tried to make a similar desk a year ago. Burned the top and finished it all nice until I realized I needed to change the size. Having no saw at the time, I took it back to Lowe's and gave them the measurements for the panel saw. They flipped my measurements and ruined the whole thing. Haha! I just literally walked away and left the wood.
Now I am ready to try again. I have a lot more tools and know-how now. Just finished the basement in my new home myself.
Trying to figure out an easy-to-move desk at the bottom landing of my basement stairs. Stuck on ideas but I think your build might have inspired some tweaks.
Loving the vids!
I love this, would love to see these types of projects for people who do not have complete woodworking setups. I don't have anything like what was shown and would love to do my own desk.
Very nice home office upgrade. I’ve worked from home for 12 years and have been using various metal tables and desks. I’ve always wanted to build my own office furniture.
That blow touch idea is great!! Might do that my self
great project and great looking result. love the contrast between the white drawers and the dark desk-top.
that propane burning of the wood reminds me of something a friend and mine did many years ago making min gofers to shoot at the range. ha ha.. nice table. my brother in law helped me make one using pine as the base and a laminated top..
Great project and channel! I like your attitude, attention to detail and choice of projects.
It occurs to me that a piece of 3" white PVC pipe, with about 1/3 of it ripped out lengthwise, would make an excellent cable tray. Mounted to the back ledger board as a trough with the top open, it would contain and hide your cables, preventing the need to attach them to the board individually.
This is exactly what I have been trying to invision. Great build and not too many needed tools beyond what the common person has. Now to find a buddy with a table saw.......
Again, great build!
What you did with those false edges, genius. I wish I had thought of that when I did my last built in desk.
VeritasOne another options is to buy a 4x4, cut it to size, and glue to the panel. Then you don’t have to worry about miter gaps.
Great job! The big take-away for me is to look at Ikea drawer stacks rather than building countless drawers for my project.
Awesome job. Love the end product
Really nice work.
Its was a fast reliable solution for and office with good time management with out hurting your pockets! Nice use of time, money and use of a different concept with the end result the same. A home office!
You are very talented and have many useful skills. Good work!
Awesome work!!
For an office space that I NEED to get done. I was going to buy some used desk but I found that to be boring plus the better the desk the more expensive. I like your idea with the IKEA drawers. I'm just going to have to find a half to a full day to put those drawers together. Lol. Thanks . Keep it up.
Previously I watched a rich YT showing off his room, basically he went to the room, turned everything on, then filmed going down the stairs, this is my room he stated, all bought, it was just a vain show to everyone... look I am rich... pathetic.. I posted some not pleasant things, but found your video... well done, I love the start to finish, got my like.
@Dominic lol
@Dominic Yeh sorry you are right, my office includes a PC of I7-6850k with 16gb HyperX Predator DDR 4 Ram with a 8GB NVIDIA GEFORCE GTX 1070, as well as 3 Monitors plus a 32 inch TV. I also have an Oculus Rift as well as 2 X Raspberry Pi's, a Now TV box, and Xbox One... oh there's the 5.1 Logitech speakers, plus the NVIDIA Shield.. oh also in my Room is a Sony AIBO ERS-7... I also have an Alien Aurora with an Intel I7-4960 Extreme addition with a 4gb GDDR Geforce GTX 950 I'm looking to sell, yeh you are right I must work harder!, or post what I have to shut you up.
Very nice work!
great build
I like the Ikea approach. Cheap, pre-made and disposable if anything goes wrong. Subscribing.
please do more of these, (custom desks)
There is a huge audience for this out there, gaming pc setup fans will absolutely adore this.
The tables look really really good. Love the burn wood look against the white.
I don't see anyone doing this themselves, most will probably just purchase an Ikea butcher block countertop, save themselves many hours of hard work and call it a day.. But you're undoubtedly very skilled at woodworking. This channel will grow to a million subs, mark my words..
Oh, and I love your dogs..
Hell of a 3D mouse you have sir! A few of our engineers at Lockheed have those. Really cool what they can do. Oh, nice desk too! Lol
I'm a newbie - love the desk built
adding your taste to a desk setup is way better
That desk is a representation of your mad skills.... Nice job!!! 👍🙂
Epic puppy battles!
I dont think I would have used an espresso color on the wood after burning it. A natural tone would have looked very good. Good work, inspiring! I am wanting to do built ins in the garage and will definitely use your ideas to build my setup!
Clean set up
U can get the same dark color for the tops if u burn a little darker, wash the loose dust, then sand to desired color and clear coat. I love Your stuff man keep it up
Looks very nice good work
The power of creativity!!!
Wow surprised you're from Houston 💯 ! Awesome work from a houstonian neighbor !
Awesome work. Love from India !
Pretty sick design! I'm still working on my garage to get it converted. Loving the ideas you're putting in my head.
Great job looks the nuts
Stunning !! You made it better than any commercially sold expensive units in the store.
Holy shit, you did exactly what I wanted to do with my future desk. I wasn't sure if I'd be able to get a 45* edge on a piece of plywood with a circular, so seeing you do it, really has me confident that I can it as well (well, at least try it anyway).
Spectacular!!!!
Thanks for the great ideas! I'm going to have a home office in the upstairs portion of my garage, and will need to figure out a desk setup.
Greetings from Germany!
Many Things I have to adopt/Change, but the basic Idea fits perfect for my Workplace. Thank you!
I love doing the burnt wood finish (shosugiban), I do find it comes out really even when you go really dark then brush off the soot with a soft bristle brush, it would have also saved you from staining. That way also gives a nice texture to the wood.
Did two very similar projects, one home office and a bookcase wall storage solution in another room. Both integrated IKEA hacks also used project panels as tops. Hands down the IKEA portion were the headache of the jobs. Great work man turned out nice.
You had me at Houston strong. Subscribed
Man this is fantastic! but I’d have to quit my dayjob just to have enough time to complete a project this awesome
So glad I can get those same Ikea Alex Draw units here in the UK, just what I need to finish my desk off. Great build :)
Very helpful, thank you. April 3rd is my birthday coincidentally, heh. I want to completely remove every piece of furniture from my den and install hardwood floors. Then from there I want to install a really massive desk/entertainment center. If I'm able to pull it off it's going to be something really special. It's going to display my computer with three 34" ultrawide monitors, another computer with two 37" ultrawide monitors, a laptop running a 24" monitor, a PS4 with a 60" 4K tv... 2 Ibanez Jem, a Peavey Wolfgang, a Nuno Bettencourt N4, a Les Paul, a Seagull acoustic guitar, an Ibanez bass.... a BOSS Katana amp, a Marshall JCM800 Stack, a Line6 Firehawk FX effects processor.... and some other stuff... lol. So you can see why I decided against just buying a desk.
Enjoyed the video. Very nice job. You can tell you've been around tools and how to use them
Nice work. The desks look great!
Nice work my friend!!! Love the attention to detail and keep up the great ideas!
You really need to get one of those larger torches that hook up to a propane tank. I did a similarly sized table top that way, worked much better than using the tiny torch
Was thinking the same thing. When I saw the tiny torch first thought was that's not really the best tool for that, followed by "he definitely doesn't like the look of it either" when he busted out the super dark stain. Project as a whole turned out nice though.
Love the videos!!!
The wood burned technique looks awesome man!
Best TH-camr Ever
I watched alot of videos but none of them did this kind of work
You Deserve subscribing ......alot.
Amazing work!
Thank you very much.
I would much appreciate a little cable management tutorial
Awesome 👍👍👍
Some amazing build right there. I really enjoyed that. Thank you for making that video, as it had entertained me for the whole entier time watching it.
Looks really good man. Nice and clean. I also like the contrast between the white and the burnt wood finish.
Finally I know what a set square is used for! Great job dude!
I thought this is a gamin setup video 😂
very interesting! Subscribed
Nice work
Looks great!
At first I thought you covered your hard work with the dark stain... but the closer look looks NICE..
Impressive design.
Very interesting video, I like the way you show everything and every step of the process.
Wow, watched til the end wher eyou gave the subscriber update (you were at 850) now today, you are at over 105k. Nice work and great video.
Good work bro. I like It so much
Thanks for a great video. I'm looking to build a new home office desk & this top idea with the framed sides in the combo of MDF & 1x4 is a great idea.
Great build. Also love the Scotty Kilmer channel music @13:06 :D
Love the finish work on the desktops. I use the satin version of polycrylic, and I use 320 grit sandpaper just to knock down the dust nibs on my wood sign projects. This was one of the first videos I saw when you started out, and I backtracked to watch the workbench series before this video, so it's nice to know that I'm an OG, and still watching your videos to get inspiration for shop greatness! Keep up the great work, Travis!
Excelent as always!
Nice finish! Very bachelor style. I kinda did something like this, but didnt do the burned wood style. As for the desktop - I used a recycled desktop that my office was going to toss out. I took it home, painted black with cabinet paint and added a nice thick coat of polyurethane vs polycrylic. I found out the hard way when I was mounting it, the polycrylic with the cabinet paint it would scratch really easy and peel right off. So I had to un-mount it added a nice thick coat of the polyurethane. Wish I could add pictures, so you can check it out. Great vid, I'll keep watching more of ya stuff.
Turned out great.
Good work👍👍👍
Like the build man, good stuff. I stumbled on your page/channel by way of TESTED - Adam Savage, not that he needs any more plugs. I appreciate your humour and your creativity with making videos. I have not done much video making or building, but like seeing the inspiration. Thanks and SUBSCRIBED.
Thank you William, very much appreciate the kind words. Pretty cool I’m at least superficially connected to Adam Savage! I’m a big fan
awesome build 💯
Good Job
Great channel I love seeing stuff like this
I'm new to your channel and love it. I have binged watched all of them. The more I watched the better I like them. Then I saw the UT sticker in your tool box. Go Vols!!
Go Vols! Glad you have enjoyed them. I’m working to put out better and better content as I learn throughout this process. Welcome.
Desk looks gerat. But the best thing about the video? The dogs! 😘
Extremely Nice!!!!!!
Looks very good. Very Creative. Keep up the good work and keep the videos coming. You inspire me to build some projects so thank you for that.
I like that burn technique!
Very nice
Wouldn't mind another part of your channel for your 3d printing and making!
kudos on that editing! Nice desk space too!
outstanding Brother. Going to be running with the idea, thanks
I heard you had a dope MS Paint game back in college.
What’s up Mike! Haha
Pretty nice, and simple.
I'm also in Htown. You do some good work man, your videos are clear and concise. I've sent several videos to my wife to watch as well.
Amazing job!!
Nice and simple