I’m looking to get an 8ft desk as I’m going to have two setups on it. I checked online for some ideas and I found this to be very nice. I have a budget of $500 and less. I’m set on getting the bottom like this, 2 Alex Drawers and 6 legs exactly as shown in the picture. Is this perfect or too much support? The butcher block I am planning to buy is either the Karlby from Ikea or from HD. I’m fully aware that a REAL butcher block is better but I don’t have the materials which would cost $$$ to purchase as well as the fact that I don’t know how to sand and stain it. Also as far as I can tell the HD pre finished and karlby are pretty much the same material and cost relatively the same. The butcher block I’m referring to from HD is the Hampton Bay 8ft pre finished ones (Oak and Walnut ones, Unless their are other ones as well). Let me know if this would be a good setup as well as which butcher block to buy.
by Cxliburn
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Also are the legs that are used in the pic Adils? I believe they are, or are they Olov the adjustable ones? I’m thinking on just getting the Adils if they would be good support, or should i get Olov or some other legs?
IMHO the space between adds peesonality to the setup but it’s gonna be hell to keep the top of the mid Alex-s clean.
I actually have 2 of the Home Depot 8 ft Engineered Walnut butcher blocks as a giant L desk lol. They look and feel very nice and “professional.” My only advice is to get some shelf brackets and reenforce the desk to the studs in the wall after cable managing. It helps the whole setup feel a lot more sturdy and “permanent” by keeping it from even slightly jiggling. Don’t use this as an excuse to cheap out on the legs though.
I went with the 6′ butcher blocks from home depot and stained it myself with no prior experience whatsoever. I picked out a stain that I thought would look nice. The blocks are pre-sanded so I didn’t have to do any sanding although I think it recommends it. Basically I dipped some microfiber towels in the stain and went left to right or right to left starting from the middle of the block. After staining 2 coats I then treated it with some clear coat found in the same section as the stain. I applied that with a soft paint brush. After the first coat dried I used a brown paper bag as sand paper to smooth out the desk, then I applied another coat of the clear coat and did the same thing with the paper bag. It makes it feel smooth rather than sticky. It honestly was not a hard project to do and I think it turned out great but I could be biased since it was my own work haha.
https://imgur.com/a/qNkTr4N