Design and Creation of Handmade Workspaces
A course by Gema Casado Olea, Founder and Director of El Jarro de ideas
Learn DIY techniques to create a desk and a storage stool from scratch
Creating unique spaces to have a positive influence on the people who occupy it is the passion of Gema Casado Olea—founder of El Jarro de Ideas. In this online course, she teaches you how to create a workspace with your essence according to the rules of fengshui, from scratch, and with no knowledge of assembling or DIY.
From the author of three DIY books with Penguin Random House, and creator and presenter of the Creative Decoration television program on Canal decasa, learn simple techniques that allow you to build a practical desk and a storage drawer that also works as a seat, with your own hands.
What will you learn in this online course?
16 lessons & 12 downloads
What's included in this course?
Meet Gema, who tells you about how she radically changed her life by making things by hand in El Tarro de Ideas. In addition, she shows you her main influences and what inspires her such as fengshui, the Skogluft method, and minimalism.
Learn to identify your needs versus your desires to define the colors, the perfect location of the elements so that the energy flows in your space, and many factors that make your workplace harmonious, based on the discipline of fengshui and other methods.
Look for references based on the ideal work space and you make a sketch with pencil, paper, colors, and cutouts to estimate the materials and tools you need.
Get to work defining the elements present in the space, such as wood, plants, metal, water, wall color, and different functional and decorative pieces.
Once you have defined the space you have, Gema accompanies you step by step in the construction of a desk and a storage drawer, which in turn serves as a seat for guests and collaborators in your future studio.
If you do not have experience using basic construction tools, fear not. In this course you learn from an expert, so that you lose your fear and unleash your creativity by creating a studio that suits you. In addition, learn the main assembly techniques so that you can build what you need.
Finally, discover some construction and decoration alternatives for your workspace that are useful to carry out your project.
- 98% positive reviews (214)
- 5,575 students
- 16 lessons (2h 23m)
- 12 additional resources (3 files)
- Online and at your own pace
- Available on the app
- Audio: Spanish, English, French, Italian, Portuguese, Turkish
- Spanish · English · Portuguese · German · Italian · French · Polish · Dutch · Turkish
- Level: Beginner
- Unlimited access forever
What is this course's project?
Design and manufacture a desk and a seat (which in turn is a storage unit) with the basic principles of assembly and fengshui.
Projects by course students
Who is this online course for?
Anyone who wants to have a work space to suit them, with their essence, personalized and adapted to the square meters available.
Requirements and materials
To take this course you do not need knowledge of interior decoration, DIY, or graphic design. Regarding the materials, you need a pencil, paper, wood of different sizes, a drill, a screwdriver, glue, screws, paint, a roller, among other materials that Gema explains in detail.
Reviews
Gema Casado Olea
A course by Gema Casado Olea
Gema Casado Olea is an economist by profession and creative by passion. After doing a 180º turn in life, her work involves creating functional and decorative pieces for spaces where energy flows.
Her passion for creating things with her hands led her to found the DIY agency "El Tarro de Ideas", write 3 books about DIY with the Penguin Random House publishing house, in addition to creating and presenting the "Creative Decoration" program on Canal decasa and Más Chic TV (already with 2 seasons broadcast in Spain and Latin America) and finally, founding and decorating the Coworking Handmade Refuge “13 Manos”.
Content
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U1
Presentation
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Presentation
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Influences
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What are we going to do in this course?
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U2
What is the best? What do I need? What do I want?
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What is the best, what do I need and what do I want
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Inspiration, expiration
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We design our space on paper
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U3
Let's do it
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Materials for the desk
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Construction of the desk drawer
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Construction of the desk drawer II
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Construction of the desk legs
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Construction of the legs of the desk II
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Desktop assembly
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U4
Construction of the storage bench
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Materials for the bank
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Construction of the bank
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Construction of the bank II
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The details that make our space exclusive
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FP
Final project
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Design and customize your workspace
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What to expect from a Domestika course
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Meet expert teachers
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FAQs
You’ll learn how to design and build simple furniture, apply Feng Shui principles, create moodboards, choose sustainable materials, and optimize your workspace using organization, minimalism, and creative decorating techniques.
This course is aimed at intermediate learners but requires no prior DIY or design experience, as all techniques and tools are explained from scratch.
You’ll need basic tools like a screwdriver, drill, painter’s tape, drill bits, and materials such as reclaimed wood, white glue, and decorative elements. Access to stationery supplies and vintage items is recommended.
Feng Shui helps enhance harmony, focus, and well-being in your workspace by optimizing energy flow through furniture placement, colors, and natural elements like plants and light.
The course teaches you to declutter, reuse materials, choose neutral colors and wood, and create tidy, functional environments that promote sustainability and well-being.
Yes, you’ll learn to plan, sketch, and build functional furniture from cutting to assembly and finishing, using accessible tools and basic carpentry techniques.
No, the course includes an introduction to Feng Shui and explains how to apply key concepts like the Bagua map and the five elements to organize your space.
very well explained
buen curso para principiantes.
I’m enjoying the course and the enthusiasm of the instructor
Muy buen curso de iniciación, las explicaciones son simples y entendibles
Me gusto mucho, muy profesional la profesora, nos ayuda a entender todo paso a paso, nos motiva a crear y nos da herramientas no solo para la mesa y el banquito sino expandir nuestra visión sobre la creación de muebles, además de que nos lleva a considerar técnicas como el feng shui para crear espacios mas utiles y armónicos.