Thursday, July 11, 2013

How To Make an Awesome Custom Sewing Table Out of the Standard Cheap Computer Desk

This is actually the second time I have done this, so I know it's awesome. Ben and I got these matching $50 desks when we got married. The first one was destroyed before our move back from CT so I have needed to replace it. You will need: 1 desk with keyboard drawer 
1 sharpie
1 drill with countersink (wide) bit
1 handheld jigsaw
1 sewing machine
Step 1: place your sewing machine where you would like it to be, trace around the base with a sharpie. Leave extra room where you might need to access plugs.
Step 2: Using a handheld jigsaw and a drill, follow the line around the shape. Also drill some holes through the bottom of the drawer to feed your cords through.
Step 3: Set your machine in, make sure it fits snug, feed the plugs through the hole and plug them in. My drawer was a bit deeper than my machine, so I stacked some notebooks underneath the machine.

Voila! Sewing table

4 comments:

Benjamin said...

/submits to lifehacker.com

Anna said...

Wow. That's kind of genius.

HaleyL said...

That is awesome. I'm totally going to try this.

Jancisco said...

Brilliant! I can't believe I am so behind on your blog. I love catching up though.