{"id":6471,"date":"2017-03-31T22:34:50","date_gmt":"2017-04-01T03:34:50","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/krisbunda.com\/blog\/?p=6471"},"modified":"2017-04-09T11:29:46","modified_gmt":"2017-04-09T16:29:46","slug":"diy-shelving-brackets-as-desk-work-space-led-strips-in-extrusion-as-task-lighting","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/krisbunda.com\/blog\/2017\/03\/31\/diy-shelving-brackets-as-desk-work-space-led-strips-in-extrusion-as-task-lighting\/","title":{"rendered":"Make Well-Lit Work Spaces: DIY ‘Shelf Desks’"},"content":{"rendered":"

Part 1: Desks & Layout Planning<\/span><\/h2>\n

How To: DIY Kids’ Study\/Project Desk Space & Storage Furniture<\/h2>\n

My wife found something online she liked and sent me a link. It was the sort of thing if you get from\u00a0‘Cute Storage Barn’ or ‘Kids Pottery Emporium,’ it costs 3\u00a0months of car payments. Or you can buy similar parts yourself and get it done at\u00a0half-cost or less. There’s nothing wrong with spending more when you don’t have time or ability to DIY. I do that, but not this time.<\/p>\n

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Wife’s first choice: Container Store White Elfa Kids Workstation<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

In this case, I told her I could make the same sort of setup for less, mostly from a trip to the big box hardware store.<\/p>\n

She was originally thinking silver, but I wanted to get the heavy duty standards (the vertical brackets screwed to the wall). The HD<\/abbr> standards not only have dual track slots, but enough material to stand 1″ from the wall–a more rigid design–as opposed to the other standards which stand 5\/8″ off. So I snapped this pic and texted for permission to\u00a0do black, as that’s what had the long HD<\/abbr> pieces.<\/p>\n