How to Make a Desk From a Closet Door

Going green means finding ways to take unused items from your surroundings and turn them into useful items instead of letting them end up in a landfill. If you’ve got an old closet door, a pair of bi-fold louvered closet doors and a need for a new work desk to spread out on, you’ve got the perfect opportunity to match the need with your unused items in a truly green fashion.

Single piece closet door
Screwdriver, matched to entry door hardware
Tape measure
Marker
Two bi-fold hinged closet doors
Hand saw
Four 3-inch L-brackets with associated hardware

Instructions

- 1
  Remove all hardware from the single-piece closet door with an appropriately sized screwdriver.
- 2
  Measure and mark the pair of bi-fold hinged closet doors at 27 inches from the ground; cut them on the marks with a hand saw.
- 3
  Space the two hinged closet doors 36 inches away from each other with the hinges facing inward and toward each other. Open each hinged door to a 45-degree angle, with the open angle facing outward from the space.
- 4
  Center and place the single closet door on top of the two open, hinged doors. Mount a 3-inch L-bracket with the associated hardware and a screwdriver to each section of the hinged doors -- four in total -- to secure the single door as a desk top to complete the project.
- 5
  Paint the finished desk in colors to complement your room.

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