This traditionally detailed home-office desk system gives you ultimate layout flexibility. Build only the sections you need, and combine them in any number of ways. Corner unit measures approximately 44" across both back edges. Single unit measures 24" deep and 46" long.

Drop-Front Writing Desk Woodworking Plan

A stylish way to get organized. The best traditional desk designs always have offered a way to organize paperwork, and just as important, to keep any clutter out of sight when you're not working. This writing desk succeeds on both counts. Our version-built of pine and finished with a colorful stain-has a decidedly country flavor, but you can use hardwood and a different finish to create a look all your own.

Measures 42" high, 34" wide, 17" deep.

Computer Desk
Woodworking Plan

Ask anyone who has a computer, and they'll tell you their old writing desk doesn't cut it in today's home office. And yet, no two office areas are alike. For that reason, we designed this handsome three-piece corner combo. Build all of our modular furniture componets if you have the room, or economize and just make the single desk. There are no bad choices.

Measures 84" wide, 70" deep, 26-1/2" tall. Tabletop measures 24" deep.

Rolltop Writing Desk Woodworking Plan

We receive dozens of letters a year from readers requesting plans for a rolltop desk. Unfortunately, most plans call for desks too massive for most homes and too complex for most busy woodworkers. With that in mind, Jim Downing, our design editor, came up with this gracefully elegant design. It won’t overpower a room, yet still has a comfortable 24-1/2 x 44" writing surface.

Desk is approximately 41" tall, 44" wide, and 25" deep.

All-around Table Woodworking Plan

For dining, or accenting your home, this clean-lined contemporary table will be a welcome addition to any decor. The top measures 34" wide by 46" long.

Slant-Front Secretary Woodworking Plan

Combining the stunning beauty of solid cherry with quilted maple veneer, this design enhances any room setting. And there’s a utilitarian side to its personality. Pull-out sleepers support a drop-down front that features an imitation leather writing surface. A large drawer for supplies and ample pigeonhole space in the desk for paper and letters are supplemented by the upper cabinet’s roomy shelving.

Measures approximately 73" tall, 31" wide, and 20" deep.

Home Office Hideaway Computer Desk Woodworking Plan

Does a computer workstation look out of place in your traditional furnishing scheme? Hide its clutter behind the frame-and-panel front of this handsome cherry cabinet. The three-panel drop leaf gives you instant access and a spacious worktop. There’s a pigeonhole to store your keyboard and mouse, and a shelf that holds a monitor up to 17-3/4" tall. The doors below hide a pair of file drawers and plenty of storage for your CPU and other supplies.

Measures approximately 52" tall, 47-3/4" wide and 24-1/4" deep.

Arts and Crafts Table Lamp
Woodworking Plan, Mission Style

Capture the golden glow of a special era of craftsmanship with this timeless design.

Mica panels in a wooden framework, accented with copper pine-cone motifs, make this a lamp that gets noticed. You’ll be surprised at how easy it is to cut and assemble the half laps in the lampshade’s streamlined framework.

Measures approximately 7" wide at the base and 14" high.

Tambour Bookcase Woodworking Plan

We’ve seen a great many bookcases in our travels around the country, but none more good-looking and versatile than this one. And should you ever have to relocate, you’ll find the modular pieces making up the bookcase a breeze to take apart and reassemble. We even include instructions to build a four-high bookcase.

The two-high bookcase measures approximately 28" tall, 42" wide and 12-1/2" deep.

Arts and Crafts Bookcase
Woodworking Plan, Mission Style

Simple, yet stunningly elegant Add to the Arts-and-Crafts Collection set with this stately bookcase. We embellished ours with cutouts in the side panels, reproduction hardware, and glass-framed doors to capture the quality and ambience of furniture from this era of craftsmen.

Measures 42-3/8 x 68".

Towering Tomes Bookcase Woodworking Plan

Standing fully 7' tall, with six shelves (five of which adjust on standards and brackets), this stately walnut showcase has more than enough room for a librarian’s ransom in books. Fluted face-frame stiles and rich cove molding at the top make it a natural for traditionally styled interiors. The bookcase is approximately 42" wide, 16" deep, and 7' tall.

Knockdown Modular Cabinets Woodworking Plan

Designed to match the futon sofa (DP-00176) and the TV stand (DP-00259), this sleek, versatile cabinet system lends itself to any number of furniture pieces that easily assemble and disassemble. We’ll show you how to build the components, you decide what your needs are, and build to suit. The key to the system lies in the cam-lock knockdown hardware that lets you alter your furniture as your needs change or grow. If you don’t foresee the need for the knockdown feature, you can join the parts by conventional methods, such as screws or biscuits.

The double-wide unit in the photo, top left, measures 60" long by 16" deep, and stands 65" tall.

Federal Bookcase Woodworking Plan

With fluted pilasters and a keyed arch topped by a broken pediment, this project brings the vocabulary of classical architecture into the living room.

As a bookcase fitted with wood shelves, it’s a home for your personal library. By installing lights and glass shelves you can display fine collectibles. Or, if you wish, combine the two as we did for the best of both interests.

In this project you’ll learn how to rout flutes by using a simple auxiliary base with your plunge router. And large cove moldings are a breeze with just your tablesaw and a straightedge.

Measures 75" tall, 38" wide and 12" deep.

Kid's Oak Desk Woodworking Plan

Part of our children’s bedroom ensemble, featuring the same groove-and-panel construction and decorative arch details, it’s modest styling makes it a good fit in any setting.

The desk measures 51" long by 26" deep and stands 33" tall.

CD Storage Cabinet Woodworking Plan

Designed to accommodate up to 160 CDs, this attractive storage cabinet keeps your collection organized and neatly behind closed drawers.

Measures 10-7/8” wide, 14-1/8” deep, 38” tall.