Author: Rajen Kishna / Source: Bored Panda
When we purchased our home last year, we started out using one of our three bedrooms as a home office. Our plans were to eventually convert the unused formal living space in the front of the house to a home office down the road, as we have a bigger family room in the back of the house that we use as our primary living space.
When we found out we were going to have a baby, I figured this would be a good time to tackle this project.The space I ended up framing is a few inches over 8 feet wide and almost 12 feet deep. This ended up being the ideal size for us to fit two large 8 feet by 30-inch custom desks and still leave plenty of room for the dining area next to it. We already had an air conditioning/heating vent in the space, so I thankfully did not have to do any ductwork.
The full project took me a little over 4 months to complete, mostly doing work in weekends and evenings. In between, I tackled other projects like building a patio dining set and a greenhouse, so I definitely took my time with it.
Follow my full journey in the images below. Feel free to leave a comment or reach out if you have any questions and I will do my best to answer them. I’ve also answered a lot of questions already on Reddit, so be sure to check that out as well.
I used blue painters tape to mark off the space to get a sense of the size. The ceilings are 9.5 feet, but notice the slope in the front (that turned out to be an interesting challenge)
Since I’ve never done anything like this before, I took my time to model out everything in Autodesk Fusion 360. This was incredibly useful, as I knew all measurements beforehand
I bought 2×4 lumber at a local lumberyard in 8, 10, and 14 foot sizes. I also purchased the plywood I needed for the desks and upper cabinets (the latter which I still have to build)
After cutting everything on my new miter saw, I laid out the large wall on the floor before facing my fears and use a framing nailer to fasten it all
This is where math comes in. Thanks to the Pythagorean theorem, I couldn’t get the wall upright after framing. So I took off the top plate and clamped it off to the side and hoisted the wall up
Getting the wall in place was quite a chore, and my friendly neighbor helped me out. Took a lot of brute force, but we got it in place eventually and then squared it up
The smaller wall was much more manageable in size, but the sloped ceiling took a lot of measurements and trial/error to get perfect
After the framing, I bought 8 sheets of drywall at a local lumber yard (of which I only needed 5) and cut it up before screwing it in place
Drywall was another first for me, so I probably cut it into smaller pieces than I should have
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