Design and Creation of Handmade Workspaces

Construction of the desk drawer

A course by Gema Casado Olea , Founder and Director of El Jarro de ideas

Founder and Director of El Jarro de ideas. Madrid, Spain.
Joined April 2016
98% positive reviews (214)
5,496 students
Audio: Spanish, English
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About the video: Construction of the desk drawer

Overview

“In this lesson we are going to build the first part of the desk, what we call the drawer. We glue, screw, paint the drawer and leave it ready to assemble with its legs.”

In this video lesson Gema Casado Olea addresses the topic: Construction of the desk drawer, which is part of the Domestika online course: Design and Creation of Handmade Workspaces. Learn DIY techniques to create a desk and a storage stool from scratch.

Partial transcription of the video

“In this lesson we roll up and get down to work. We are going to finally build the board of our desk, the drawer, the horizontal part where we are going to support ourselves. To do this, we use any type of wood, you whichever you want. You can use pine, fir, any kind of wood, but I used plywood. It's a wooden board, made up of wood veneers, that can be fir, oak, pine, whatever you want too, there's a lot of variety , and are crosswise with wood glue, by means of a process of pressure and heat. Plywood I like because it is a light wood, is a hardwood and it is a wood that is supersencilla to ...”

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Course summary for: Design and Creation of Handmade Workspaces

  • Level: Beginner
  • 98% positive reviews (214)
  • 5496 students
  • 4 units
  • 16 lessons (2h 23m)
  • 3 downloads
  • Category

    Craft
  • Areas

    Arts & Crafts, DIY, Furniture Design & Making, Interior Design, Woodworking

Gema Casado Olea

Gema Casado Olea
A course by Gema Casado Olea

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Founder and Director of El Jarro de ideas

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”.


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Design and Creation of Handmade Workspaces. Craft course by Gema Casado Olea

Design and Creation of Handmade Workspaces

A course by Gema Casado Olea
Founder and Director of El Jarro de ideas. Madrid, Spain.
Joined April 2016
  • 98% positive reviews (214)
  • 5,496 students