Office-in-a-cupboard

nice stain effect paint to hide wank stains !

(sorry I have nothing but wank jokes for this)

pls dont think of me when you have your first wank in there though

How did it go doing that edge? Finger and toe count check..?

I found the router can "jump" a bit sometimes. Not sure if that's poor tools, poor technique, normal or what.

Read up on climb cutting Vs regular cutting. Can help with technique knowing the difference

Good to know the jargon, thanks. If I recall correctly I started cutting in the "wrong" direction and switched to the other direction for better control.

no time to work on it quite yet - likely it'll be next week before i get child free time during the day!

your contributions are valued amey

Just a thought, but will you have enough power socket there if only one double socket mounted? or planning to go with expansion lead underneath the table?

Routing done. Messed around with a spate bit of wood to get it to where I wanted. All digits still attached.

Bonus pic of my very professional set up, using my kids mud kitchen as a work top with an array of clamps

Sanding (240 then 320) and Danish oil (3 coats) to come.

Yeeeeea good looking...

Yeah will be attached a multi plug on the under side, hopefully most cables will be neatly hidden away

Slight issue in that the monitor mount leaves a gap that I can't even up without cutting more out of the door frame.

Seeking opinions on whether the gap is too unseemly - I can drill a hole thru the desktop and mount the arm that way, leaving much less of a gap and everything closer to straight.

One advantage of leaving it the way it is, is that it gives me greater cable routing options.

(first coat of oil on)

You could scribe and cut out a bit where the mount will live. Then push the surface back against the wall again. No flexibility about future monitor position though..

I think it would annoy me having the gap, losing things down it etc, but maybe all good for you. You know your personality to know if it'll be a pain or not.

If that was my desk, I would absolutely love with it and love it. Good work.

Disclaimer: I have three kids, two of them ruin anything nice that I have or make.

The gap may be useful for running wires down anyway

I'd leave it as an intentional gap.

Not with the wall fixings underneath. A couple of specific cabling holes would look much nicer IMO

I'm not sure how often anyone would look down the line of the wall once there is a monitor, peg board and random crap on the desk to notice the wall fixings?

If its a bother, you could stick a brush pile strip on the back, to plug the gap (obvious draught isn't going to be a concern) and might also stop cable rattle?

The battens only cover approx the central third of the worktop so plenty of room for wires. I think I will leave it - being able to move the arm if needed (I want to upgrade to 34" at some point) is useful tbh and in terms of losing things @whatfriends I'm hoping to have as clear a desk as possible tbh so hopefully losing things won't happen much.

Thanks @doubleodavey - I have two kids but more importantly, a lock on the door when I'm not in there!

I think it looks great and that you will not notice the gap when you're using the desk.

The strip is a nice idea, thanks!

My monitor stand (looks similar to yours) came with a fitting that allowed for a relatively small hole to be drilled to bolt the stand to the desk rather than clamp around the back.

But, the gap might be handy for feeding wires etc for stuff in future.

Yeah mine has that too - just wondered about the merits of either approach. I think I'm sold on using the clamp.