DIY INDUSTRIAL FARMHOUSE DESK $65 | How To Build A Desk | Momma From Scratch

Hey everyone, welcome to Mama From Scratch. My name is Emily if you're new and thank you so much for stopping by. Today's DIY I am super excited to share with you as always and it's actually our office desk. We have been on the hunt for a desk for actually a few months and we just couldn't find anything that really suited our needs and was in our price point. So I told my husband, you know what, I'm just gonna make one. And so we got on Pinterest and I pulled up a few different styles and I let him look at the styles and he goes, no, no, yes, I like that. Perfect, that's awesome. And then he's like, honey, I think that's sold at Target and also Wayfair. Let's look how much it is. That way you don't have to do any work. And I was like, I like building, honey. And so we actually looked it up and it was anywhere between 275 and $450. And I was like, no, no way am I spending that much when I know I can pay a lot less. So it actually cost me about $65 in total, which is random because that's the same amount it cost me for the pew that I made a couple weeks ago, which is just weird. But anyways, I really love the way it turned out. It suits all of our needs. And the best part about DIY is you can tailor it however you want. If you want more shelves or less shelves, you can do that. And I love the look. It has a traditional iron look, but it's not iron at all. And it's super affordable and it's easy to build. Very, very easy to build. So I hope you guys enjoyed this tutorial. If you do, be sure to like it. If you haven't done so, hit that subscribe button. And I just want to say thank you to all of you that have actually helped us reach 50,000 subscribers on here. I cannot believe that we hit that number. It was just, it was just crazy. I never in my wildest dreams thought I would even be close to that. And so I wanted to say thank you to all for that. And I will have a giveaway coming soon for you. Believe me, I am thinking about you and I'm really trying to think what would be the best giveaway for you all and everything. So be on the lookout for that in the next few weeks. So I just wanted to say thank you about that. But with all that being said, let's go ahead and get into this easy DIY office desk. The items you're gonna want are a drill, a drill bit, a measuring tape, 3 1⁄4 inch, 90 degree inch L brackets. This is a one by 20 by about six feet long. You can get it already done for you. It's really nice. I stained that and I did both sides and then I sealed it with barithane. And I like to mix Jacobine and driftwood to get the look that this has. Then you're gonna want those L brackets. I spray painted mine black. Then I have three of my shelf boards that are one by 12s by 20 inches. Then I have the side arms, which are the two by twos. Everything else is two by twos. So you're gonna want four of the side brackets. And then for the shelving and then the braces, you're gonna want eight. And then you're gonna want eight legs cut at the height that you need. And then for the desk support itself, two of the same length. Mine are around 60 inches or so. Not too many supplies at all. You can make this however tall or lengthwise you need. Then I had to start taking my length boards and I'm going to be making the desk brace basically, the frame for the desk itself. And so I'm taking my 14 inch boards and placing those underneath. And then I am placing the 12 inch boards in between to give that right width apart because that is the size of the shelving. If you want larger shelving, then you'll just make your two by twos for the center part a little bit wider. Go ahead and take your drill and pre-drill into each of the boards to connect them. And then we will go ahead and place screws in them. So you're gonna be wanting to place your hole right in the center of the board. You can choose to go up a little bit taller or a little bit shorter. It's completely up to you. I just did the center of the boards. Time to connect by using your screws. I'm using the wood Torx screws that at two and a half inches in length and go ahead and screw those in to each of the boards. We are just still making the frame. The two inner two by twos by twelves will not stay there. That is just to keep our boards the same width apart and everything. Once the two by twos are removed in the middle, go ahead and take all of your legs and you're gonna be placing them on the inner pockets here as you see here of each of the areas. And then again, you're going to pre-drill and I like to just set mine right near it. That way I can see exactly where the hole will be. Then I go ahead and take my two, two and a half inch screw and screw that all the way down in. And the legs are pointed down towards the left and I, top of the desk is obviously on the right next to the drill. And I find it easier to just lay this down and then you're going to put a screw in to the other side. So you're doing one on the top and then one on the other side. Any of the sides basically that are exposed, you're putting a screw through. Repeat this to all of the legs all the way around the brace. Once the legs are all attached, go ahead and turn your desk up the way it should sit and then let measure out the height that you want your shelves to be. For the one side, it's going to be holding our actual computer. So I needed it to drop down about 22 inches. And then I'm just attaching the L brackets here using the other two by two as a brace. That way I know that it will sit flush against the legs. And once you have that, just go ahead and use the small screws that it came with and your level and attach as normal. Now that the first one is attached, now you're going to do the same thing for the other side of the shelf, basically the back part. Again, use your level, making sure it's all good and then attach with your small screws. And then I actually put the board up there on top and I liked the way it looked, but I found that I needed an extra brace on the bottom. That way the legs wouldn't get kicked out. So I just attached that with some pocket holes. You could also just use regular L brackets if you wanted to for that. Go ahead and attach your boards to there. And I put the side left shelves at nine inches apart and I really liked the way this came out. It came together really, really nicely. And I'm just so proud of this desk. Now we need to attach the top piece as you see here. So this is the one by 20 and I left a good inch on each side. And then also in the front, I left an inch as well. And just go around the whole desk, making sure that that is level. Then you're going to want to pre-drill all the way through. And then you want to make sure that when you're attaching your screw, you don't do anything too tall. So I actually used about an inch and five eighths screw, I believe, or a little under two. That way it wouldn't poke through, but it still pulls the top of the desk down and it doesn't ruin the finish on the top. And I put about four of those on each side. Next, go ahead and take your black paint and just cover up any of those screw heads that are showing. That way we have a nice sleek look to our faux iron legs. Well, here is our gorgeous desk that we just built. I am so happy with it. It took about an hour of assembly time. Not bad at all, fairly easy. And again, you can choose the color stain you would like. I like the coloring of it. It has that traditional industrial farmhouse look, which is exactly what we were going for. All the screw heads are covered up with that black paint. Nice and sleek, faux iron legs. Oh, it's just a beauty. I hope that you guys enjoyed this video. If you did, be sure to like it, share it with your friends if you think that they would like to make one or you and yourself. If you decide to make one, please tag me on Instagram. I'd love to see it. I hope you guys have a beautiful, wonderful day. Thank you again so much for watching and I'll see you very, very soon.