Built-Ins

How to make your own built in desks for a home office using almost entirely kitchen cabinets. These were intended to function as standing desks, but we also used tall stools.

How to install easy DIY under cabinet lighting on bookshelves. This custom lighting was the perfect way to light up each shelf.

Welcome back to my blog post series on building our entertainment center. I hope you’re enjoying the progress! This post is dedicated to the electrical part of the project. Running the electrical wires as discretely as possible was important for us because we have a lot of different devices and we didn’t want wires everywhere, …

How we used MDF with wood trim to create bookshelves for our DIY entertainment center.

I always love painting BEFORE I start. Haha. So I decided that I wanted to paint these cabinets and distress them like I did with the bureau/tv stand. I did decide to stain the countertop first with the same stain. If you notice, we added the stainable wood filler to combine the wood pieces nicely …