DIY: kid's desk - a space to create magic!

This DIY kids' desk will be the perfect spot for your little people to dream up some magic.

Art direction + Styling: Vanessa Nouwens

Photography: Wendy Fenwick

You will need:

 1 piece of MDF which is 900 x 120 mm long and 18 mm thick (this will be cut in half)

 2 brackets (ours are metal and are 30 cm in length)

 Screws for brackets and wall

 Resene testpots

 Resene Quick Dry Primer

 Pencil and ruler

 Jigsaw and power drill

Step 1  Take your piece of MDF wood and measure the mid point (450 mm) in pencil.

Step 2  Cut the MDF lengthways using a jigsaw.

Step 3  Paint the two pieces of MDF in your choosen colours. We painted the base of the desk in Resene Blue Night and the back panel in Resene Coconut Ice.

Step 4  To ensure good adhesion we gave the two metal brackets a coat of quick dry primer (this base coat makes painting onto metal much easier)

Step 5  Paint brackets. We choose Resene Zephyr. You will need two coats of paint on the brackets.

Step 6  Lay brackets on top of the underside of the desk and screw them up into the bottom of the desk using small screws.

Step 7  Using bigger screws, fasten the desk to the wall putting screws through the wall sides of the brackets.

Step 8  Once the desk is secure, place the top piece of wood on top of the desk and line it up. Then screw it to the wall to become the back panel.

Wall and Floor in Resene Carrara, desk panel in Resene Blue Night, back panel of desk in Resene Coconut Ice, stool in Resene Moonbeam, pencil pot in Resene Brown Sugar, drawers and brackets in Resene Zephyr; snake, $29.99, and ABC poster, $19.99, both from H&M, book and pencils on desk, stylist's own.

Colours we used:

Resene Brown Sugar BUY THE TESTPOT HERE	Resene Blue Night BUY THE TESTPOT HERE
Resene Zephyr BUY THE TESTPOT HERE	Resene Moonbeam BUY THE TESTPOT HERE

Resene Coconut Ice BUY THE TESTPOT HERE

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