I only realised last week (to my horror) that I hadn’t done a proper post on one of my favourite spots in the house. My home office/workspace/makeup desk/other end of my bedroom/flatlay background… its uses are endless. I’ve had such a great response to this space on Instagram so I thought it was worth a blog post.
I really struggled finding a desk that was both affordable but also with enough storage space and tabletop space (for all hoarded brass items – which I’m completely justifying to myself since brass is still on trend according to all the trade shows I have visited the past few weeks). There are some gorgeous desks about don’t get me wrong but they all had a pricey tag attached, IKEA nearly ticked all the boxes but I knew that I wanted the tabletop part of the desk to fit the width of my room. Most of the table tops IKEA had were a maximum of 1.5m in length and I needed a whopping 3m of desk. Queue IKEA kitchen worktops. The answer to my prayers, and actually cheaper than some of the desk table tops Ikea had too! For the storage part – everyone has seen these drawers before – the ever popular IKEA Malm Chest of 3 drawers. Bear in mind that depending on the width of your room and the length of your worktop you may need to trim the worktop down to fit. Same applies for the depth of the worktop – it completely depends on the space you are playing with. And that’s pretty much it, my IKEA Hack, the worktop is not secured or anything, the pure weight of the worktop means it doesn’t slide about – although if you have kids and are thinking of giving this ago I would suggest securing the worktop to the drawers and securing the drawers to the wall just incase… it does look like a fun climbing frame and I have seen IKEA warning parents to secure these particular drawers to walls.
Teamed with a few accessories and my DIY Wire Memo Board, it all ties together nicely and despite having a terrible habit of changing it up every month or so, I’m still chuffed with my workspace. Speaking of… I’m making and putting up some DIY shelves above the desk soon but I don’t want to give it all away so that is all I will say for now… I’m just desperate for somewhere to display my new feature lights – see the last photo, I’m ridiculously excited to get them up!!!
Beautiful blanket, where you bought?
Hi Anna,
It’s from Lauren Aston Designs http://www.laurenastondesigns.com/ x
I’ve died and gone to office space heaven! This area is amazing, can’t wait to see the shelves and lights up! Amazing post xx
Thanks lovely! Going to try my best to get them up by this weekend xxx
Amazing! Where did you get those gold mesh baskets?
Thanks Kate! The gold mesh baskets are from Haus of Hyde xx
This is such a good idea! I’ve never thought of DIY’ing your own long desk with a kitchen worktop! Love it. Danielle || missdanielle.com
Which worktop did you purchase? I’ve been planning to do this, but using a much more difficult method. This seems unbelievably easy!
I love this set up, wow.
where is the floor tiles from? x
It’s perfect but from where did you get the female painting
I love the mirror!! Where is it from? X
Hey, I’m planning on doing this in my room. What’s the length of the gap in the middle? Love it!
Amazing set up!
Where is your round mirror from? 🙂
Hello i am in love with your monkey lamp. Where is it from?
This would be a great crafting table or cutting table for quilting/sewing. I’ve been looking for something exactly like this. Now I know what I’m going to do. Thank you for your post. Just awesome!
Hi, this is so helpful – I’ve been looking to do something similar, having not found a desk with enough storage. Looking on the Ikea website though, the Malm cabinets are 48cm deep, but the kitchen tops are 63.5cm deep. Did you have to cut the tops down to fit, or is there a narrow kitchen top I haven’t found yet? Any help gratefully appreciated!