Hi, I'm trying to change our "office with a bed in it" back to a "spare room with a desk in the corner", so trying to utilise an alcove to fit a desk and shelves.
The dimensions of the alcove are:
- Back 1.1m
- Left hand depth / chminey breast 0.33m
- Desk depth on left -- full depth (0.33m); on right -- approx 0.7m
- Ceiling approx 2.6m
The pic below shows roughly what I'm trying to do though not really to scale and only shows 1 shelf, where I'd probably put 4 or so
(first time I've used sketchup ...)
For the desk:
I was thinking of MDF with battens around the sides and back, battens fixed every 0.25-0.3m. I already have some spare 25mm MDF - maybe this is too thick though, in which case would 18mm do it?
Would this work?
For the shelves:
They'd be holding books/files so need to take decent amount of weight. Again, I was thinking of battens round sides & back then either MDF or chip. Would prefer MDF if I could get away with 9 or 12mm (ie thinner than standard conti).
The walls themselves are plaster onto brick and although the house is a victorian terrace I think the plaster is more recent (so doesn't all fall out at the first hint of drilling).
As I make the shelves I'll probably put some box section trunking up each side (either at the sides or at the back) so I can hide cables up & down as they'll be various bits of computer stuff & speakers etc and several switchable 6 ways fixed to the wall at the back under the desk.
Any hints/suggestions appreciated!
Thanks
The dimensions of the alcove are:
- Back 1.1m
- Left hand depth / chminey breast 0.33m
- Desk depth on left -- full depth (0.33m); on right -- approx 0.7m
- Ceiling approx 2.6m
The pic below shows roughly what I'm trying to do though not really to scale and only shows 1 shelf, where I'd probably put 4 or so
For the desk:
I was thinking of MDF with battens around the sides and back, battens fixed every 0.25-0.3m. I already have some spare 25mm MDF - maybe this is too thick though, in which case would 18mm do it?
Would this work?
For the shelves:
They'd be holding books/files so need to take decent amount of weight. Again, I was thinking of battens round sides & back then either MDF or chip. Would prefer MDF if I could get away with 9 or 12mm (ie thinner than standard conti).
The walls themselves are plaster onto brick and although the house is a victorian terrace I think the plaster is more recent (so doesn't all fall out at the first hint of drilling).
As I make the shelves I'll probably put some box section trunking up each side (either at the sides or at the back) so I can hide cables up & down as they'll be various bits of computer stuff & speakers etc and several switchable 6 ways fixed to the wall at the back under the desk.
Any hints/suggestions appreciated!
Thanks
