• Home office
• Painted
• Desk
• Wall-mounted
• Fold-down
• Small space
• White oak

Powder blue fold-down wall desk

A whole desk that hangs on the wall only 220mm deep: the powder blue front drops on brass stays into a 580mm-deep writing surface at 730mm, opening up oiled oak pigeonholes lit by a warm strip, then folds back up into a flat cabinet when the working day ends. It replaces a desk and a chair-sized slice of floor in a studio flat.

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At a glance

Overall W x D x H

900 x 800 x 620 mm35 7/16" x 31 1/2" x 24 7/16"

Parts to cut

17

Build steps

31

Boards

2

Sheets

2

Solid wood

3.6 bd ft

Weight

23.2 kg51 lb

Materials

• Birch plywood
• White oak
• Poplar (paint grade)

Finish

• Paint - powder blue, satin
• Finishing oil - Hardwax oil, matt

Tools

• Saw
• Square
• Tape
• Router
• Drill
• Clamps
• Sandpaper
• Brush
• 10mm bit
• Cable clips

Hardware and fittings

• 1 x Wool felt desk pad, 3mm, charcoal
• 2 x Brass lid stay, soft-down, 300mm
• 1 x Brass piano hinge, 32mm open width
• 1 x Push-to-open magnetic touch latch
• 1 x Plug-in LED strip kit, 12V, warm white 2700K

Cut list

The first 3 of 12 lines, in millimetres (inches below), finished size including joint allowances.

The 3D model

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