Part 2 of an effort to increase our book storage and school space. Going to add some desks and shelving to our dining room stained and in the same style as the Library I built last year. My goal was to make this look like it could also be a built-in buffet/hutch. We've got a huge nook that we use for dining, but keeps options open if we ever sell our house.

Plywood was bought today, and I still have enough oak from the Library for all the face frames. All the planing & jointing was done, then, too.

Going to have to install the desks first, then have a granite installer place the desktops, then come back with the shelving above the desks.



Taped it up yesterday to give us a final look before cutting up plywood. My wife knows when the tape comes out that things are getting serious. It's the equivalent of the mating dance that the Bird of Paradise do.



Might be slow going, but I'll share progress as I can.

My first thought, until I figured out the first image was a 3D print mock up..
Is that a book case for ants?

A day in the shop beats any day in the office.



Not a lot of progress, but got the sides of the desk broken down. I bought a Makita track saw and started to use it for the first time on this project. I like it, but not sure if I've figured out how to fit it into my workflow very well yet.

Got the granite installed today and I think it pairs really well with the wood finish.



I ended up using StockHorseAg's guy and just paying him to do it for $680 total. Lots of good recommendations from above posters about doing it myself, but I've been traveling a lot so it helped me out a lot. And I thought that was a good price, tbh. That also includes the backsplash pieces, which I didn't install, but bought 'just in case' my shelves don't really work being flush with the surface.

Now I get to start working on the tops.

Looking great.

The wraparound version looks nice & fancier, but I'm not sure it's worth the PITA factor. And probably no one but yourself would notice it. I'd opt for straight.

Got the shelf bodies installed this week. The middle section added some challenges, but I think it was worth it. Among many, the span was over 48" wide, so I had to join a couple of sections of plywood to maintain the grain orientation and I managed to make the joint disappear (dead center).



These were really heavy sections to work with and I had to assemble the middle section with everything on top of the desks. Overall, really happy with all of the joints.