After we bought our house final yr, we began out utilizing one in all our three bedrooms as a house workplace. Our plans had been to ultimately convert the unused formal residing house within the entrance of the home to a house workplace down the street, as we've got a much bigger household room at the back of the home that we use as our main residing house. After we came upon we had been going to have a child, I figured this may be a very good time to deal with this challenge.
The house I ended up framing is just a few inches over eight ft broad and virtually 12 ft deep. This ended up being the best measurement for us to suit two giant eight ft by 30-inch customized desks and nonetheless depart loads of room for the eating space subsequent to it. We already had an air-con/heating vent within the house, so I fortunately didn't must do any ductwork.
The complete challenge took me somewhat over four months to finish, principally doing work in weekends and evenings. In between, I tackled different tasks like constructing a patio eating set and a greenhouse, so I positively took my time with it.
Observe my full journey within the pictures beneath. Be at liberty to go away a remark or attain out when you have any questions and I'll do my finest to reply them. I’ve additionally answered a variety of questions already on Reddit, so remember to verify that out as effectively.
I used blue painters tape to mark off the house to get a way of the dimensions. The ceilings are 9.5 ft, however discover the slope within the entrance (that turned out to be an fascinating problem)
Since I’ve by no means finished something like this earlier than, I took my time to mannequin out every part in Autodesk Fusion 360. This was extremely helpful, as I knew all measurements beforehand
I purchased 2×four lumber at a neighborhood lumberyard in eight, 10, and 14 foot sizes. I additionally bought the plywood I wanted for the desks and higher cupboards (the latter which I nonetheless must construct)
After chopping every part on my new miter noticed, I laid out the big wall on the ground earlier than dealing with my fears and use a framing nailer to lock all of it
That is the place math is available in. Due to the Pythagorean theorem, I couldn’t get the wall upright after framing. So I took off the highest plate and clamped it off to the aspect and hoisted the wall up
Getting the wall in place was fairly a chore, and my pleasant neighbor helped me out. Took a variety of brute drive, however we bought it in place ultimately after which squared it up
The smaller wall was far more manageable in measurement, however the sloped ceiling took a variety of measurements and trial/error to get excellent
After the framing, I purchased eight sheets of drywall at a neighborhood lumber yard (of which I solely wanted 5) and minimize it up earlier than screwing it in place
Drywall was one other first for me, so I in all probability minimize it into smaller items than I ought to have
After recutting the highest piece on the sloped ceiling to go the complete top, every part seemed very clear…
…However then the drywall mudding started and every part become an enormous mess once more. A buddy helped out with the taping and first layer, which might be why it appears first rate ultimately
Drywall was positively my least favourite a part of this challenge. Quite a lot of sanding and layering on the mud made an enormous mess. Lesson discovered for subsequent time: cowl the ground first
That is after just a few days and four layers. All the pieces was clean and sq.
The little wall was a bit extra of a problem to mud utterly clean, as the present wall wasn’t 100% sq. to the outside wall. I needed to compensate with extra mud. Subsequent up, the door within the background!
Putting in the door was fairly straightforward, aside from pushing it in place. We went with eight foot excessive french doorways, that are tremendous heavy
The drywall cleaned up properly with just a few heat water and rags. Beginning to look increasingly more like a room!
Earlier than portray, I truly took the time to put down plastic drop fabric. That is after the coat of primer
Two coats of white paint later, every part was neat once more. It seems we didn’t have any of the present ceiling paint, so I improvised with one thing that was shut sufficient
I seemed on the present trim and figured it was easy to recreate. A fast journey to the ironmongery shop and a few customary MDF trim later, I bought every part to match
Now that the wall is completed, on to the desks. As per the design, I made three cupboards beneath every desk out of three/four inch plywood
Right here you'll be able to see all 6 cupboards. The one with out the center shelf is the cupboard for my full tower PC
For the highest, I laminated a three/four inch sheet of walnut plywood to a less expensive one to create a 1-1/2 inch sturdy desk high
I utilized iron-on walnut edge banding to cover the plywood edges. The notches in every high are so the curtains can cling down with out bending across the desk high
I utilized four coats of satin polyurethane to the tops (1 coat on the underside) with some gentle sanding in between every coat for a brilliant clean and sturdy end
I primed and painted the cupboards white. I used an enamel paint, which was self-leveling. The top result's a really clean and onerous floor, nevertheless it took a few week to totally remedy
Right here is my spouse’s desk put in. I retro-fitted some toe-kicks beneath to lift her desk a bit, because the preliminary top was too low for her
At this level we began shifting every part down. One drawback remained: not with the ability to shut off the house
I minimize some three/four by half inch strips from left over 2x4s to grow to be the window trim. Right here you see the distinction between big-box 2×four (proper) and the standard 2×four from the lumber yard
After chopping every part to size and mitering the corners, every part was prepared for paint (after extra sanding)
I purchased an HVLP sprayer, as I had extra issues to spray for the nursery ultimately. This saved a variety of time and bought a really clean coat on every part. Right here you see the primer on the framing strips
I glued and nailed within the strips on three sides after which minimize the 4th strip to precise size to slot in snugly
Right here you see the 4th strip put in, and nail holes crammed with wooden putty
And after the 1/four inch glass panes had been in, this challenge was a wrap! My spouse simply had her child bathe and I’m enthusiastic about ending this earlier than the newborn arrives
There’s a variety of gentle from the large window within the house workplace and all the inside home windows and french doorways actually let that gentle by means of to the eating house
I added RGB LED strips to the again of every desk for some refined lighting whereas within the workplace
Right here’s the way it appears
Right here you'll be able to see my spouse’s smaller PC permitting for extra storage. I additionally swapped the chair casters with rollerblade type rubber ones to protect the ground
Whereas the partitions usually are not insulated, the thick glass and strips beneath the doorways isolate the room lots for our functions
Ta-da!
Thanks for following alongside! Be at liberty to ask questions or depart different feedback!
,After we bought our house final yr, we began out utilizing one in all our three bedrooms,BoredPotato
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