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DIY Laptop Station

  • Jan 18, 2020
  • 1 min read

Updated: Mar 26, 2025

This has been a very popular post over on my Instagram account and I have received a ton of questions about it over the last week, so I knew I needed a landing spot for it here on my website as well. I'm so happy that so many people have found this little makeover inspiring.

As many of you know, we are a homeschooling family, but you may not know that our high school students take their classes online. They have been content to work in various spaces around our house but I knew it was time to give them a permanent landing spot. I cannot even tell you how much functionality, and even productivity, this little budget friendly makeover has brought to our home. I mean, who wouldn't be more productive with a laptop station?



This post is a collaboration with Liberty University Online Academy so I am sharing all of the DIY information for this makeover on their blog, which you can find here > https://www.liberty.edu/online-academy/blog/a-new-space-for-a-new-year/ There, you can find a list of tools and supplies needed to make the desk as well as the color and product used to makeover the cabinet.


I have also created a video tutorial for how I made the simple desk. Click the image below to head over to my YouTube channel for viewing.

I hope you feel inspired to try a simple DIY and maybe even look at some older pieces in your home with a new eye. To answer all of the remaining questions I've received through my Instagram DMs, I'm creating a source post for this room, so stay tuned!


Until next time...



Laura of The Simple Farmhouse, posed for a portrait in a ruined stone archway overlooking the Italian countryside

Meet Laura

Hi!  I'm Laura - a pastor's wife who homeschooled our five children (all of whom are nearly grown now!), and who curated our home as an avid thrifter and DIY-er.  I love to share how I've created a modern European farmhouse aesthetic on a budget, with spaces that feel comfortable, timeless and unfussy.

A house should feel lived-in and well-loved.  And keeping home shouldn't break the bank, because there are wild and wonderful experiences to be shared out there in the world with your loved ones.  In these pages, I am happy to share how we've travelled the world and saved on our journeys, and lived an adventure outside our home as well as in it.  I hope you feel inspired to linger here a while with me.

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