Thread by @bipolarbear77, Working in a shed: The threadSo for the last couple of months [...]

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Working in a shed: The thread

So for the last couple of months I have been working out of an old storage room. I stuck a used desk in there, bare wood floors, and it's been basically this...

Blessed be the window at least.

After a lot of cleaning, and a lot of searching carpet stores I found a remnant that was almost the perfect size. Then I learned to install carpet.

So for less than $100 I now had a room I could take my shoes off in and lay on the floor if I wanted (or needed to)

One of the things I quickly learned about the used desk I had is it's uncomfortable and I can't stand and work. After dying several times looking at the cost for corner sit/stand desks I sourced parts myself.

This is the base. I sized it for the max space for the room

Because the desk is now a custom size, getting a custom desktop would be a lot of cash, so I went to the wood store and sourced a nice piece of 3/4" birch plywood (not shown) and some bull-nosed hemlock trim

Cut, sand, cut, sand, cut, sand...

The desktop will be in two pieces. This is the shorter piece coming in at 34*24 inches.

This is going to be the side where I setup my gaming computer (on the left in the photo with the desk frame)

I decided to go with a dark stain called Kona. It hides the birch more than I had wanted, but it matches my old desk fairly well and I wanted to keep it for a non-computer work area in the space.

This is the short side of the desk and after one layer of stain. Tomorrow, since it won't be dry tonight, I plan on doing some 400 grit finish sanding and start the varnish.

The staining and varnishing continue. One thing I didn't take into account is the humidity. It's been taking 2-3 days for each coat to dry. Then sanding, then another coat. I'm at three, want at least 4. We'll see once I get the next coat on