How to Drill Access Holes Underneath Desks

A few carefully placed holes in your desk can help access and organize those pesky wires, bringing a new level of order to your home office. Over time, wires for all that equipment can start to resemble a plate of spaghetti rather than a model of organization. But you can easily tuck them away after doing what the manufacturer of your desk didn’t -- creating more access holes.

Pencil
Nail
Hammer
Hole saw
Drill
Wet rag
Wire ties

Instructions

- 1
  Mark the center location where you want to add an access hole in your desk.
- 2
  Set the point of a nail on the mark you’ve drawn on the desk. Tap the nail lightly with a hammer to create a shallow indent. Do not drive the nail deep into the wood.
- 3
  Apply the appropriate hole saw to the drill. Lock the saw down tightly. Set the saw’s center bit into the shallow hole you have tapped with the nail, to help center the saw.
- 4
  Drill the hole through the most visible side of the desk to the least visible side, to hide any flaws that may appear when the saw emerges on the other side. Cut completely through the wood, and remove the drill.
- 5
  Wet your rag, and wipe around the newly drilled hole. Bind any loose wires with wire ties, and tuck away the wires so they’re no longer visible.

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