For my first DIY of the yr, I’ve been engaged on remodeling Hudson’s room into a giant child room! His room turned very hodge-podge, with bits leftover from his nursery blended with hoards of toys, baskets shoved in corners, and never a lot group. The mattress he’s been sleeping in since he’s 2.5 (he’s now 6) was a teeny IKEA mattress that we had been able to move on to Charlie, so we started the planning course of!

His room is fairly small, and we needed to have a small desk, and a few hidden storage choices to prepare his coloring books and crayons, board video games, and so on. I saved seeing this IKEA hack, and thought it could be excellent, with a small desk in between! I do know lots of people had been involved with the desk dimension, however actually we wanted to make use of the bigger wall for a big dresser, since his closet is so small. This desk works for him, and if he ever must unfold out extra, there’s loads of different choices inside our residence. I bought 2 X 15 inch Billie Bookcases, 2 extensions to get them nearer to ceiling top, and two Oxberg doorways.

First I disassembled the open shelf scenario that we had occurring, and I constructed the Billy Bookcases.

For steps 4-5 I ran to Dwelling Depot and bought tongue and groove bead board for the house in between the 2 bookcases. It’s pretty easy to put in, and I used a Brad nailer for utility.

On step 6 I added within the desk portion, utilizing a pink oak stair tread that I minimize right down to dimension.

To create the arched look in step 7, I first minimize the form out of cardboard to get the sizing and form right. I then used my jigsaw to chop the form out of MDF board. I ripped strips of MDF to run alongside the edges and entrance of the shelving as nicely, to present it a extra customized and inbuilt look.

As soon as your entire factor was constructed, I went again in with wooden filler to fill in any gaps, and I sanded every thing down! Then I started to prime, utilizing Zinser primer. The IKEA shelf is fairly shiny, and undoubtedly wants primer to maintain the paint from chipping off.

The paint coloration I used for the cabinets is Benjamin Moore Peale Inexperienced. In my eyes, it is likely one of the most excellent shades of inexperienced that I’ve laid eyes on, and I’ve painted lots of varied greens!

I’m actually proud of how every thing turned out! There’s after all some flaws, since this was my first time each attempting this DIY, however I discovered loads, and have been loving watching Hudson do his homework and coloration on the desk!