Before & After: Showroom Quality Handmade 3 Display Desk

Gregory Han
Gregory Han
A Los Angeles native, Gregory’s interests fall upon the relationship between design, nature, and technology. His resume includes art director, toy designer, and design writer. Co-author of Poketo's "Creative Spaces: People, Homes, and Studios to Inspire", you can find him…read more
published Sep 11, 2012
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Unfinished wooden tabletop on a workbench with tools nearby, labeled "before."
(Image credit: Apartment Therapy)

DIY desks are becoming a more common sight these days, but desks like rrim’s beautifully executed bi-level birch and pine desk designed for three displays and a water-cooled PC is far from the norm. Hours upon hours of “sanding and staining and clear-coating” resulted in a space efficient and cable-hiding piece worth showcasing…

rrim’s Spec’s List:
  • CPU: Intel i7 980x @ 4.2ghz
  • Mobo: P6X58-E Pro
  • RAM: Mushkin Blackline Ridgeback 6gb
  • GPU’s: (2) XFX Black Edition 5970’s
  • PSU: Silverstone ST1500 1500 watts
  • Case: Cooler Master Haf X
  • Keyboard: Y-YU95
  • Mouse: Microsoft wireless 5000
  • Monitors (2) Samsung Syncmaster EX2220 (1) Acer H203H
  • Sound: JVC Harx700’s / Denon 1508
  • Cooling: Swiftech MicroRad
  • Apogee XT CPU Block
  • (2) EK Full cover 5970 Waterblocks w/ backplate
  • Swiftech 360mm rad
  • Swiftech 240mm rad
  • Swiftech 655b water pump
  • UV Blue reactive tubing


Check out more of rrim’s DIY project over at his Imgur page.

(Images: rrims)