How To DIY Built In Cabinets For Home Office

The design of the built in cabinets

Our home office is on the first level of our house and is the only fully closed room with doors. This means that I could get creative with the design and maybe go outside of my comfort zone regarding the paint color.

I knew I wanted desk space, hidden storage (cabinets with doors), and very little display space. My other built in cabinets have plenty of open shelf opportunities for decor so I wanted these cabinets to be more functional for an office setting.

I always recommend visualizing the design in your head on paper or even onto the wall itself to make sure the scale is right and that you love it.

Materials and tools

– 3/4 Plywood – the body, or the cabinet box, is constructed from standard 3/4 Sande plywood – 1×1 Trim Board – this piece covered the raw edge of the desktop – 1×2 Primed Pine Trim Boards – the raw edges of the boxes are covered with these trim boards

How to construct the cabinets

Constructing a plywood cabinet is really not hard at all. There are many different ways to do it but the basic idea is that you are creating a simple box.

The hardest part is deciding how to attach the sides together. There are also other ways to do it and they all have their advantages and disadvantages that have to do with skill level and tool availability.

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