
It’s been three years since Steve started working from home a few days each week. Which means it was about time that we built him a place to work while at home. We spent two weekends building a home office out of wardrobe units. Here’s how we did it.
Materials
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- 3x Flexi Storage 6 Shelf Built in Wardrobe Units
- 2x Flexi Storage 4 Drawer 3 Shelf Built in Wardrobe Units
- Yellow Tongue ( left over from another project) or ply would work too.
- Structural Pine for plinth legs
- Easycraft VJ panelling
- 42mm x 18mm primed DAR Moulding
- 31x 11mm Primed DAR Moulding
- Porta 138mm x18mm Primed Colonial Moulding
- 42mm x 11mm Primed Colonial Moulding
- Porta 18mm x 18mm square primed moulding
- 18mm x 89mm cornice white pine primed
- 2200 x 600 Beech Laminated Panel
- Primer – Zinsser BIN Shellac
- Paint – Dulux Aquanamel in shade White Beach Half
- Paint Rollers/ Spray Gun
- Fine Grit Sanding blocks
Tools
- Brad nailer and 20mm and 40mm nails (20mm for adding trim, 40 mm for structural)
- Drill
- Mitre saw
- Table saw
- Circular saw
- Jigsaw
- Level
Process
Step One: We started by building the two side 6 shelf units using the instructions provided by Flexi Storage.

Step Two: We created a plinth by cutting the yellow tongue to size and making some legs from the structural pine. These were attached by nailing and screwing down through the yellow tongue.
Step Three: We then cut the sides of the two 4 drawer units in half and assembled them into four units: 2 sets of drawers and 2 shelf units which we screwed onto the top of the 6 shelf units.

After this we screwed everything into wall studs to secure it. We then cut down the Beech Panel for the desktop and attached it to the structure.

Step Four: Next we took the last 6 shelf unit and cut it vertically on the table saw to create two slimmer units. We used some melamine to create the missing side on each and nailed and glued together.

Step Five: We then added Easy Craft VJ panelling to the wall, screwing and nailing into studs.

Step Six: Next we added trim around the base, base of the slim units and fronts of all the shelves and verticals. We also added a cornice to the top and a shaker style profile to the drawer.

Step Seven: We filled with wood filler and allowed to dry for 24 hours before sanding with a foam sanding block

Step Eight: Next we taped and sheeted off the room so we could spray the unit with BIN Zinsser Shellac Primer. We used two coats, sanding lightly between.
Step Nine: Then we sprayed Dulux Aquanamel in White Beach Half. It took two coats, plus a few touch ups, sanding between each.

Step Ten: We added some handles, and styled it. Here’s the end result!

If you’re having trouble visualising any of the steps you can check out my instagram for videos.
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