How To Make A Homemade Lap Desk

My family has a Christmas tradition of making a gift for the person you are shopping for I had learned my mother wanted a lap desk and took my chance.

How to make a homemade lap desk. It was great seeing her put her new found skills to work. An artists board available at art supply stores is a ready-to-paint panel that has a ledge on all four sides of the back. Click the link above to learn how to make a laptop stand with PVC pipe.

Most lap desks that you see are made with a top that is a flat piece of wood or fiber board. Then remove your pins and add glue to the top edge that wasnt glued down. Head over to A Birds Leap to find out how to make your own rustic desk.

For this build prepare your marine plywood black screw wood glue wood putty primer white flat black paint masking tape small paint roller and a few more cheap items. Make these from two pieces of solid wood which are the thickness of your laptop plus 175 inches 44 cm and the length of your laptop plus 15 inches 38 cm. Making a laptop stand with PVC pipe is one of the easiest ways to get your portable desk on the cheap.

You may use them to get a rough idea of what your desk. -staple gun and staples make sure they are shorter than your lap desk top -wood stain and brushes optional In case youre curious each lap desk costs about 18 to make depending on what fabric you choose. Fold up the edges like a present and make sure you can pull the fabric onto the top because that will all get covered up by your desk anyway.

This ledge is called the cradle. Center it on top of the cushion and press. Glue with fabric fusion and pin it to keep it in place.

Let it dry like that for about an hour. The wood is then stained to create a rustic look. First you will need to cut your piece of wood.