How to Build a Suspended Desk (Part 2)

We built a suspended desk that hangs from our wall. Yep, we’re officially nuts. Here’s the original plan, desk dilemma, part 1 and part 3, of the desk building soap opera Today we’re tackling part 2, the sanding, routing, and wire drama surrounding the desk.

Want to learn how to build your own suspended desk? Check out- Part 1.

The trim was slightly higher than the desk. So, we begin to sand…by we, I mean the BF! He sanded and sanded and sanded…

and sanded… until the desk was perfectly even with the trim.

sanding is messy.

The BF even cleaned. What a good kid!

Now it is time to the route the trim. He used his favorite Christmas present ever… a Dremel! Probably not the best tool to route with, but it did get the job done. The Dremel was very useful for slicing through a few finishing nails that went awkwardly into the trim pieces. Here are the Dremel routing bits we used:

We routed a test piece of ply wood. The Dremel liked the solid oak a lot better.

We tested it on the real thing… I guess “test” isn’t the right word. We went for it…

Things like this happened….

The good news…we used the sander afterward to fix all the little mistakes.

I am so happy we decided to do the routed edge… it makes a more pleasant place for me to rest my forearms and type up blog posts. It also gives the desk a more finished/ professional look.

Staining is next, and for now I have only used 2 coats of Tung Oil. It did make it slightly darker, but I think I am still going to try and add a few more coats. Tung oil is smelly and you should definitely wear gloves… I did not! You can see the difference between the top and the cubbies…