A beautiful craft table is simply a tabletop supported by bookshelves. Special thanks to Cherish for sharing her beautiful inspiring photos with us.
And I'm so sad that the sun went down before I could snap some photos of some of my projects from this weekend. You must stop back by and check them out later this week - I know you are going to love them as much as I do! In the meantime, I wanted to finish plans for the Mod Modular Office Collection Project Desk.

Preparation
1 – Sheet of 3/4″ Plywood or MDF (Can use 1/2 sheet, tabletop will be 6″ narrower)
3- 8′ 1×12 (Tops and Small Shelves/Two Large Shelves and One Bottom)
1 – 12′ 1×12 (Ends, Dividers)
1 – 12′ 1×10 (Small Bookshelf Sides)
7 – 8′ 1×2
2 – 8′ 2×2
2″ Finish Nails
2″ Screws or 1 1/4″ Pocket Hole Screws
Wood Glue
Finishing Supplies
Cut List for Project Table (Two Bookshelf Bases and One Top)
2 – 1×12 @ 37 1/4″ (Bookshelf Tops)
2 – 1×12 @ 33 1/2″ (Bookshelf Ends)
2 – 1×12 @ 32″ (Bookshelf Divider)
2 – 1×12 @ 36 1/2″ (Bookshelf Bottom)
4 – 1×12 @ 27″ (Large Shelves)
4 – 1×10 @ 34 1/4″ (Small Bookshelf Sides)
4 – 1×12 @ 8 3/4″ (Small Shelves)
8 – 1×2 @ 27 3/4″ (Large Shelf Side Trim)
8 – 1×2 @ 31 1/4″ (End Trim)
4 – 1×2 @ 13″ (Small Shelf Top and Bottom Trim)
4 – 2×2 @ 36 1/2″ (Floating Base Sides)
4 – 2×2 @ 8 1/2″ (Floating Base Ends)
1 – 3/4″ Plywood or MDF @ 38″ x 54″ (Top) (For 1/2 sheet of plywood, top is 38″ x 48″)
4 – 2×2 @ 10″ (Floating Base Ends)
4 – 1×2 @ 36 1/2″ (Floating Base Sides)
Instructions
Step 1
Begin by measuring and cutting all your boards. Mark out all joints before any assembly. If you are using pocket holes, drill all pocket holes. If you are using screws, drill pilot holes. Attach the pieces with 2″ screws and glue or 1 1/4″ pocket holes screws and glue. Keep outside edges flush. You can optionally attach the shelves (orange) with shelf pins to create adjustable shelves
Step 2
Step 3
Step 4
Attach the large shelf trim to the sides, keeping top edges flush, with 2″ finish nails and glue. If you are using a Kreg Jig™, build a face frame separately, then attach with 2″ finish nails and glue.
Comments
wannacraft
Wed, 02/04/2015 - 09:26
Help
I want to build this table and I am so green. How do you get the wood pieces so smooth.
Katlin Donnelly
Mon, 03/23/2015 - 20:45
Sanding. The tools listed
Sanding. The tools listed include a sander.
jamiejohnstone
Wed, 02/25/2015 - 11:07
Stool Height
Absolutely LOVE this craft table! How tall of stool would go best with this, Counter Height at 24" or Bar Height at 29-30"?
Apbling
Sun, 03/01/2015 - 12:20
Project cost - am I missing somthing?
Hi all. Just looking at the plans for this desk. The gf loves it so I sat down with a pen and paper and started to figure some things up. I was very surprised to see the actual cost of this desk to be sort of high. Am I seeing this right, but the only plywood piece is the top, the rest is solid wood. I looked today but at HD a oak 1x12 was about $6.50/ft. That puts the total cost of this desk much higher than the estimate. I was thinking of a way to use plywood, but I'd be adding veneer trim or solid wood trim all day long to make the ends look nice.
Anyway, does anyone have any hot tips on where or when to get cheap wood? I'm considering just getting a planer and ordering the wood and cutting it down to size.
scalpel_shredr
Mon, 03/02/2015 - 06:25
Project Cost
Unfortunately, Home Depot does not carry 1x10 and 1x12 in the cheaper wood in stores. You must go to Lowes. Lowes has 1x12x8 for roughly $8 and the 1x10x12 is the only expensive piece at about $23
Katlin Donnelly
Mon, 03/23/2015 - 20:25
You don't have to use oak,
You don't have to use oak, oak is expensive. Try using a less expensive wood, such as pine
Apbling
Mon, 03/02/2015 - 11:12
Ok I will check lowes. I am
Ok I will check lowes. I am assuming by cheaper board you are not talking cabinet grade oak but just what is referred to as "common" board? I'm not opposed to common boards, but they usually are not that straight and I worry about how well they will take stain.
sweet-2nd-chance
Tue, 03/24/2015 - 16:52
You could use select pine
You could use select pine boards or poplar boards. Both are less expensive than oak and much nicer quality than common boards and are readily available at Lowes or Home Depot. We've made furniture pieces out of common boards and structurally they are fine but they did take a little more work to find the straightest board and correct or work around imperfections in the wood. If you use store bought stain, common boards, select pine and poplar all take it just fine. If you are worried, use wood conditioner first. If you are using homemade stain like vinegar/steel wool stain, 2x4s and common boards turn a lovely grayish brown while nicer wood like select pine, Purebond plywood and maple plywood turn a strange black/gray in my experience.
Katlin Donnelly
Mon, 03/23/2015 - 20:22
This is a nice table and I'd love to make it.....
however, I had a couple of questions about it, used the "contact" tab to ask my questions and the e-mail was returned undeliverable.
In reply to This is a nice table and I'd love to make it..... by Katlin Donnelly
Ana White
Tue, 03/24/2015 - 06:30
I'm sorry, please direct
I'm sorry, please direct inquiries to anawhitesite@gmail.com