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Son’s Room Renovation

The creator turns his son's builder-grade closet into a custom built-in with cabinets, drawers, a desk with a laminated butcher block top, overlay doors, trim and a hidden drawer. He says the project cost under $600.

Key moments

  1. Render from sketch and available space measured

    Watch this moment · 1:02
  2. Drywall cut with laser level line and old closet torn out

    Watch this moment · 2:31
  3. Cabinet carcasses cut from plywood

    Watch this moment · 3:34
  4. Pine face frames built

    Watch this moment · 4:19
  5. Drawer boxes and slides

    Watch this moment · 5:34
  6. Butcher block desk top

    Watch this moment · 10:00
  7. Hidden drawer built

    Watch this moment · 12:51
  8. Doors built with router bits

    Watch this moment · 14:05
  9. Red oak doors with solid edge banding

    Watch this moment · 16:16
  10. Floating shelf and rope light

    Watch this moment · 17:55

Key facts

Cost rangeunder $600
Materialsplywood (24 in. deep cabinet boxes), scrap 2x4s, 1 1/2 in. select pine face frame, 3/4 in. plywood drawer boxes, Yuka board (hardboard) for drawer bottoms, backs and trim, 1/4 in. plywood back, laminated butcher block desktop (50 in. wide), shiplap paneling, MDF door frames with 1/2 in. backer board, red oak edge banding and doors, drawer slides, hinges, linseed oil, polyacrylic, primer, Urban Bronze paint (Sherwin Williams), dark walnut stain, rope light
ProjectSon's Room Renovation
Series channelBeau Builds
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