{"id":868,"date":"2024-08-21T17:29:59","date_gmt":"2024-08-21T09:29:59","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/veryauto.org\/index.php\/2025\/11\/22\/diy-counter-height-desk-with-storage\/"},"modified":"2025-11-22T14:42:14","modified_gmt":"2025-11-22T06:42:14","slug":"diy-counter-height-desk-with-storage","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/veryauto.org\/?p=868","title":{"rendered":"DIY Counter-Height Desk with Storage"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"entry-content\"><span id=\"dpsp-post-content-markup\" data-image-pin-it=\"true\"><\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"mailmunch-forms-before-post\" style=\"display: none !important;\"><\/div>\n<p>Hey there, everyone! \u00a0If you follow me on Instagram, you may have seen that we have built a room in our workshop to start running A2D Creations (our Etsy shop) out there, rather than the office inside the house. \u00a0We\u2019ve outgrown the space in the house and we had always planned to build this room in the shop, so what better time than right in the middle of summer!? \u00a0The room is about 15\u2032 x 18\u2032 and we\u2019re starting to work out exactly how we want to lay it all out into a work space. \u00a0One of the first things we knew we needed was a desk to manage orders from.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-6993\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns='http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg'%20viewBox='0%200%20900%20600'%3E%3C\/svg%3E\" alt=\"\" width=\"900\" height=\"600\" data-lazy-srcset=\"https:\/\/addicted2diy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/edited-7429.jpg 900w, https:\/\/addicted2diy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/edited-7429-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/addicted2diy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/edited-7429-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/addicted2diy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/edited-7429-600x400.jpg 600w, https:\/\/addicted2diy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/edited-7429-400x267.jpg 400w\" data-lazy-sizes=\"(max-width: 900px) 100vw, 900px\" data-lazy-src=\"https:\/\/addicted2diy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/edited-7429.jpg\"><\/p>\n<p>I\u2019ve partnered with Build Something today to bring you the <strong>free plans for this DIY counter-height desk with storage<\/strong>. \u00a0I built this desk a taller height for a few reasons. \u00a0One of them being that I wanted to be able to see out the window while sitting at it and working. \u00a0Also, we are on our feet a lot when making and filling orders, so having a desk at a comfortable standing height was also important. \u00a0<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-6991\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns='http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg'%20viewBox='0%200%20900%20600'%3E%3C\/svg%3E\" alt=\"\" width=\"900\" height=\"600\" data-lazy-srcset=\"https:\/\/addicted2diy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/edited-7447.jpg 900w, 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