Under-Loft-Bed Desk System with Storage — board plan

What to buy, and which parts come off which board.

Buy 7 boards at 8 ft.

3/4" × 11 1/4" — 1x12

4 boards · 20.8 board feet (includes 15% for knots and defects) · 82% of the boards you buy used

Board 1 · 1 3/4" left over
67"26"
1. Large desktop — 67"
2. Small bookshelf desktop — 26"
Board 2 · 6 7/8" left over
29 1/4"29 1/4"29 1/4"
1. Bookshelf sides — 29 1/4"
2. Bookshelf sides — 29 1/4"
3. Bookshelf sides — 29 1/4"
Board 3 · 16 3/8" left over
29 1/4"24 1/2"24 1/2"
1. Bookshelf sides — 29 1/4"
2. Bookshelf shelves — 24 1/2"
3. Bookshelf shelves — 24 1/2"
Board 4 · 45 3/4" left over
24 1/2"24 1/2"
1. Bookshelf shelves — 24 1/2"
2. Bookshelf shelves — 24 1/2"

3/4" × 3 1/2" — 1x4

1 board · 1.2 board feet (includes 15% for knots and defects) · 62% of the boards you buy used

Board 1 · 36 1/4" left over
29 1/4"29 1/4"
1. Desktop legs — 29 1/4"
2. Desktop legs — 29 1/4"

3/4" × 2 1/2" — 1x3

1 board · 0.7 board feet (includes 15% for knots and defects) · 52% of the boards you buy used

Board 1 · 45 3/4" left over
24 1/2"24 1/2"
1. Footers — 24 1/2"
2. Footers — 24 1/2"

1/4" × 26" — 1/4" plywood

1 board · 3.1 board feet (includes 15% for knots and defects) · 64% of the boards you buy used

Board 1 · 34 3/4" left over
30"30"
1. Backs — 30"
2. Backs — 30"

Cuts are listed longest-first, which is how they should be made: the awkward pieces get placed while there is still board to place them on. The layout assumes one end of each board is squared off (1") and that every cut costs 1/8" of kerf — the reason six 16″ parts do not fit on a 96″ board.

3/4" × 11 1/4" — 1x12

Board 1 · 1 3/4" left over

Board 2 · 6 7/8" left over

Board 3 · 16 3/8" left over

Board 4 · 45 3/4" left over

3/4" × 3 1/2" — 1x4

Board 1 · 36 1/4" left over

3/4" × 2 1/2" — 1x3

Board 1 · 45 3/4" left over

1/4" × 26" — 1/4" plywood

Board 1 · 34 3/4" left over