DIY Corner Wood Floating Desk With Simple Brackets

We absolutely love utilizing all the space in our home. This DIY corner desk was the perfect fit in our basement. Learn how to build your own wooden corner desk to capture all the space in your home.

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This DIY wood project is a continuation of all the fun things we have been making to turn a room in our basement into a homeschool and craft room for our kids. I know all the parents out there completely understand why we decided we needed to have this extra working space set aside for our children.

Only one of our children is in “zoom university” right now and the others love creating. We felt creating a DIY floating wooden desk with 3 seats was the perfect DIY basement project for the corner of the room.

Our Kid Craft Room Design

The first thing we did in this room was work on adding more storage. This school and craft room idea started with simply wanting to redo the basement closet in this room to store all of the art and craft supplies we had.

Adding farmhouse open shelves to our basement cinderblock walled closet was a lifesaver for extra storage. Next, a DIY desk build using shelf brackets was finally going to give us enough space for each kid to work. 

There are so many amazing playroom ideas (like in this House Beautiful slideshow) out there but we are loving our unique DIY kid’s room. I am sure that our project is maybe a little more budget-friendly as well!

Why did we decide to build a floating L-shape corner desk?

At first, our kid’s craft room design was to have a floating desk along the back wall. However, the corner of the room was the perfect space to create a home office for our children.

The layout of the small room made it so that a floating corner desk was going to be better. If all three children wanted to be in there at once, it may be a little tight but doable.

The best part about this design is that we are able to customize each child’s workspace.

If they were all sharing the same spot, they would not have a personalized space. I am sure one would make the other upset by moving things around.

Other DIY Projects Around The Desk

Each side of the desk will also have a DIY pegboard organizer above the work spot. (See how we made our easy pegboard organizers).

After seeing the finished desk with chairs we decided to display the pegboard horizontally and use the extra on a different wall as an easy way to display projects and artwork.

With this DIY L-shaped desk, we are able to utilize this small room to fully accommodate our children. A small easel, reading station, and extra storage in our craft room for our children. 

How to determine the size and desk design?

For reference, our desk is approximately 55″ on one side and 83″ on the other side x 18” off the wall. We knew we wanted an l-shaped desk to best utilize the space of the small room.

Here is a diagram to hopefully help you visualize the dimensions of our desk. Remember that our desk is meant as a kid crafting area and workspace. If I were making this for myself, I most likely would have made the desk a little wider than 18″.

You can modify these measurements to create a small corner desk for your home office that might need to only fit one person. However, we would recommend that you make your desk for an adult wider than 18″ deep.

Other Factors To Consider When Constructing Your Floating Desk

• Determine the desk materials you want to use.  Our desk is made out of birch plywood and oak molding for the front piece.
• A Butcher block top could also be a great option but would be more expensive.
• If you want to paint the plywood or need a cheaper option you could construct this completely out of CDX. It would not have as nice of a finish, but it would be cheaper.
• Wood studs behind your drywall are typically spaced 16” apart. We bought one bracket for each stud for the length of the desk.
• Using shelf brackets still gives the illusion of a floating desk, but the sturdiness of using heavy-duty brackets. You honestly can barely see our brackets once the whole desk area and the room was completed (unless you are looking up at the bottom of the desk).

Tips For Corner Board Installation

Take two scrap pieces of plywood, that are the same width as your newly cut 45-degree angle board and place them on the other side of the brackets.

This will allow the uncut board to rest on top of the first cut piece. Go on the bottom side and trace with a pencil the correct angle.

12. Use an air compressor, brad nailer, and wood glue to install the trim pieces. Start at one end and work your way around the desk.

13. Apply stain. We used our favorite stain color on this desk and are happy we did!