Design and Creation of Handmade Workspaces
Construction of the bank
A course by Gema Casado Olea , Founder and Director of El Jarro de ideas
About the video: Construction of the bank
Overview
“The construction of our storage bench is very easy. In this case we are going to build it using a carpenter's tail. If you want to give it a plus resistance I recommend that you put two or three screws on each edge to reinforce the structure, following the same techniques that we have used for the desk.”
In this video lesson Gema Casado Olea addresses the topic: Construction of the bank, 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 will learn to build a bench that will serve as a seat for our work guests and to store all our material. I'm going to ask you how the bank will be. We are going to use four tables that have a dimension of 25 by 37 cm., and this one that has a dimension of 25 by 50 cm. It's that close because we'll try have our little bench fit under the table and occupy as little space as possible. You will have several sections; In one of them we will be able to contain all our books. This is going to go something like this. We are going to stick it with carpenter's tail and then, if you ...”
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Course summary for: Design and Creation of Handmade Workspaces
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Category
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Areas
Arts & Crafts, DIY, Furniture Design & Making, Interior Design, Woodworking

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”.
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