"We laid out the desk in Illustrator before cutting anything to gauge size and to make sure we could fit all the pieces most efficiently onto a sheet of plywood. We were doing this on the cheap, so we just worked with Birch plywood and hardware from Home Depot but did drop a little bit of money on nice magnets from Rockler." Photo 5 of 5 in How to Build a Compact, Fold-Down Desk for Small Spaces by Allie Weiss

How to Build a Compact, Fold-Down Desk for Small Spaces

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"We laid out the desk in Illustrator before cutting anything to gauge size and to make sure we could fit all the pieces most efficiently onto a sheet of plywood. We were doing this on the cheap, so we just worked with Birch plywood and hardware from Home Depot but did drop a little bit of money on nice magnets from Rockler."