Office hidden in a wardrobe...

I know its not an entirely original idea, but I want to turn an old freestanding wardrobe into a fold away office. I really need somewhere to stash all my paperwork, filing, ideally my pc too (:rolleyes:), printer, etc, etc. I just want to be able to put away the business stuff, and at the moment, its on the kitchen bench, the pc is on a little desk under one end of the kitchen bench, and all quite shocking. We are short of room, and the kitchen, lounge/living and dining is all in one room. :shakehead:

Has anyone done something like this? Or seen it done? Any advice? And maybe on what I can do with the bookshelf full of books that is where I want to put it!

Sorry if this is in the wrong place, mods feel free to move it. :redface: I was tossing up between here and hobbies!

ive seen on tv these things and i think its great, you would probably have to get an electrician out to fit things but i recon it could work perfectly the shelving could be above your head and i think the chair can sit in the room in the corner maybe a nice chair. or you could do what LOVE and that take the all where the door is and make that area into a bookcase:)

Could you dismantle the bookshelf for parts and use it to make shelves inside your wardrobe to put your books and papers on?

I think for the desk part I'd either be creating a fold-out desk with hinges and fold-away legs, or just installing a heavy duty shelf with a slide-out keyboard tray. if you work from a laptop you could make the slide-out tray big enough to hold a closed laptop. That way you have the shelf to hold printers/screens/etc. A hole cut into the back of the wardrobe would allow power/telephone/network cables or anything else needed.

I think the slide-out or fold out shelf is important ergonomically as it will allow you to slide your chair in to a comfortable position when working, and you then still have all the space in the bottom section of the wardrobe to be able to add storage - more shelves or filing cabinet-type storage.

Good luck with it! Would LOVE to see your project when it's done =)

Thanks, I'd love to show it, but I'm not so sure now if I'll make it. The wardrobe I was eyeing off ended up being too expensive, and the Man didn't like it because its old fashioned, and nothing in our house is. Oh well... :rolleyes:

The bookshelf is fairly new, so I don't really want to take it apart, a mid brown laminate, and the Man suggests I get a new wardrobe/cupboard that matches that (we have a few other things that are the same laminate) and make that into my desk.

my current home/office is a cupboard from Freedom. Our beautiful boy took over our office, but as I work from home, I really needed a desk, so I found this one.

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my current home/office is a cupboard from Freedom. Our beautiful boy took over our office, but as I work from home, I really needed a desk.

It is the Oslo Workstation from Freedom RRP $599