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Design Tips For Built-In & Free-Standing Cabinetry
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Home Offices: Keep in mind, your cabinets will last many years but what you store within them will change, therefore keep cabinet sizes generic.... Desk knee hole (chair) spaces should be 36" wide. In this 36" wide space you may have a pencil drawer, open keyboard slide or our drop down keyboard (conceals the keyboard and appears like a pencil drawer). Allow a minimum of 24" space from the desk top to a wall hung cabinet above. Wall hung cabinets directly above the chair space/desk top area should not exceed 12" in depth. Using our keyboard slide, a 24" desk depth in most cases is satisfactory. Use a 30" depth for working at home full time if space allows. Allow a minimum open desk top space width of 60". Allow additional space for full time work at home. Protect the desk top working area with a piece of glass (placed on top of finished surface). Consider a plastic laminate surface for full time usage. On one side of your desk area / chair area have 1 file drawer and 2 box style drawers for "current hot files and everyday stuff". On the other side, consider a single, pocket door base cabinet to house a tall cpu tower. Don't have a computer yet? ...still opt for the drop down style keyboard slide which will act as a pencil drawer but provide the option later....... 30" high base cabinets work well for a working desk height. Typically, 24" deep cabinets will house most printers, cpu's and fax machines. Its better to have too much space than to be searching for components to fit. Use a pull-out slide shelf for any equipment where you must access the top of the machine. Do not needlessly add pull out shelves, as they limit the vertical space adjustability in the future. Lateral style file drawers are easier to design with than front to back file drawers. Also, as you are sitting at your desk, they are easier to read the contents as you will not twist your neck! Most home files are letter size. The few legal size files you may have can be folded to fit in a letter size file. |
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