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But, I made it into a MODULAR DIY Filing Cabinet Desk. And since it’s “modular,” it could be made into so many different things. You can still browse our products during this maintenance, and items that you place in your cart before maintenance begins will still be there after we're done.
Step 3: Build File Cabinet Drawers
If you make these payments by the due date each month, you should pay off this purchase within the promo period, if it is the only balance you are paying off. If you have other balances on your account, this payment will be added to any other minimum monthly payments. As a side note, I cut two drawers so the files will go side to side and two so they’ll go front to back. I wasn’t sure which my parents wanted, so I mixed and matched. Either way works fine…you can cut them whichever direction you prefer. I’m having a really hard time describing this project as one specific thing because it’s actually just a simple DIY cabinets tutorial.
I ripped down some ¾″ plywood strips to use for the drawer boxes to 10 ½″ wide, trimmed them down to size , and cut a dado ½″ from the bottom to install the ¼” plywood drawer bottom. You can get more details in my drawer building guide here. I basically used ¼” plywood as the rails for the file folders like seen below.
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Create the perfect home office setup with IKEA computer desks, chairs, filing cabinets and everything else you need to keep you organized and focused. And now you have a modular desk or basic DIY cabinets idea that you can EASILY build and customize as you wish. You could even cut some simple doors to go on those shelf cabinets, too to change things up even more.
I glued and screwed scrap ¼″ plywood onto one side of the drawer box, then cut a dado to slide the other piece in place for the other side of the file folder. I cut the scrap piece of ¼” plywood to glue and screw into the side of the drawer box, leaving about ¼” sticking up for the folder to hang on. Then, I cut another piece of ¼″ plywood to slide into the dadoes, leaving ¼” sticking up from the top edge of the drawer. I used my Rip Cut and circular saw to first rip my ¾″ plywood sheet down into strips 20″ wide. You can cut two (29 ¼″) sides and a (22 ½″) bottom from one strip, so you need one 20″ strip for each cabinet box you’re building.
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So here’s the dimensions for my dado (I cut out between 12 ¼″ to 12 ½″ from the edge to make a ¼″ dado). Lastly, I nailed a ¼″ plywood back onto the cabinet. You’ll notice, these modular cabinets are 24″ wide overall.
Then, I assembled the cabinets with wood glue and 1 ¼″ pocket hole screws. After all the drawers were together, I installed them into the two other filing cabinet carcasses. But, before attaching anything, I needed to cut dadoes to insert the file folder rails.
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Space, you can just put three side by side, or 8ft, you can use four, etc. This project is basically just building identical sized cabinet boxes, deciding how many you want and what you want to put inside. You could use them as garage cabinets, a desk, a console, or make them taller and use them as DIY kitchen cabinets as well. While the site is in maintenance mode some features won't be available. This includes adding items to the cart, viewing your order history, placing orders, customizing items, checking delivery times and delivery status.
That way, when they’re weighted down, they shouldn’t sag causing misalignment. I installed the bottom slides all the way at the bottom of the cabinet and the top slides, 12 ½″ up from the bottom. This gives plenty of room above each drawer for the file folder tabs. Now back to the build 🙂 If you want to make one of your DIY cabinets from step 1 into a shelf, it’s pretty simple.
Since I’ve been building several desks lately, I thought I’d stick with that theme and share this idea as kind of a modular DIY filing cabinet desk. The purpose of a home office set is to keep you comfortable, organized and focused while you work. Featuring designs such as file storage, desk and chair combos and shelf organizers, these sets ensure your productivity stays high – even while at home. To do this, I measured out the file folder and marked where to cut to slide the plywood in place. In my particular case, I needed exactly 12″ gap between my two plywood rails.
To finish, I gave everything a couple coats of clear poly (but you could stain/paint as you wish), then installed some modern handles onto the drawers. Create your perfect storage and home office solutions. Experience a better way to redecorate or completely reimagine your home office. Scan, erase, design, and bring your space to life with all new mixed reality tools.
If you just want regular drawers, you can ignore this part. I repeated this process twice to give me three total cabinet carcasses. Build as many as you want, then decide how you want to fill them–shelves or drawers 🙂 For shelves, see step 2 and for drawers, skip to step 3. The estimated monthly payment shown above equals the purchase price multiplied by 2.124%. It is rounded to the next highest whole dollar. It is only good with the financing offer shown.
Because these cabinets will be going side by side in my dad’s office, I cut a single top piece from ¾” plywood to stretch across the entire set. However, if you are just building one cabinet or two, you can cut the top to fit your own needs. I installed two pair of ball bearing drawer slides into two of the cabinets with wood screws. I’ve got a super detailed drawer building guide here if you’d like more info on exactly how I build drawers and install slides. For this DIY filing cabinet desk project I tried out the new Ryobi ONE+ HP 18V Brushless Compact Series Drill and Driver to see how they performed. These are not the older Ryobi drill and driver you may be used to seeing.
Modular Office Furniture
Then, I cut and installed the ¾″ plywood drawer fronts using 1 ¼” wood screws from the inside of the drawer boxes, leaving ⅛″ space around all sides. This project is basically made of three identical plywood cabinet boxes. One has shelves and the other two have drawers. So the first thing I did was build these three cabinet boxes identical in size.
This modular home office furniture comes with a variety of storage, organization, and desktop solutions while still championing the beauty of the USM brand. Check out the inspiration gallery for ways to style your USM home office for maximum focus. Along with its beautiful design, the USM brand is known for its high quality and durability making it perfect for any use. Whether you want plenty of desk space, lots of storage, or something that folds away, USM’s modular home office furniture collection has something for everyone.
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