(actually turned out great)
I wanted an L desk but my space is weird and most prebuilt L desks wouldn’t fit. My main desk is 55×23 in and about 29 in tall, sitting on two Alex drawers.
Originally I thought about putting two 55” tops together in an L, but the depth would push everything too far out in my room. I also didn’t have the tools or space to cut a tabletop, so I started thinking of another approach.
What I ended up doing was buying another 55×23 tabletop and placing it on top of the right side of my existing desk, creating a raised L extension. Since there’s already an Alex drawer under that area, the weight is supported from below.
My full tower PC (~50 lbs) sits on the elevated section, but it’s positioned directly above the Alex drawer so the weight goes straight down through the tabletop → desk → drawer → floor.
On the outer corner of the new tabletop I installed adjustable legs (IKEA OLOV) to keep the surface level and supported. Because of the way the wall lines up, about 5 inches of the tabletop ends up floating, but nothing heavy sits there.
I also removed the left Alex drawer so I’d have proper leg room.
So far it’s been super stable and it actually ended up looking pretty clean with the black top over the beige desk, plus the PC kind of sits on its own raised platform.
Honestly didn’t expect this weird solution to work as well as it did.
Posted by VlairX