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The desk was put together from ikea items. Get two helmer drawers and add a table top. But the workspace can be pretty short since the depth of the drawers are about 16 in.

Important to know is that the ones at container store are made from the same company but they are absolutely different in built and architecture. Those will not sustain height and even at low height they WILL wobble. The ones bought at DWR has minimal wobble and very sturdy.

McGruff: The helmer drawers have a relatively short depth (16.6in.). I used a vika 39 3/8in x 23 5/8 table. The back actually hangs in air but it is not noticable. Pretty study the way I have it. 45-50in solid table should work fine without bending but if you want the drawers to be flush with the table and not have the edge hang in the back you must work on a table with 16.6 in of depth which is pretty shallow.

It's great to see all these posts. My fiancee and I moved in not too long ago and are still in the progress of getting things set up. The apt has 12ft ceilings so it makes the space look huge. The bedroom is elevated but there is no space under the bedroom unfortunately. Most of the items we have are from ikea
1. The side table next to the sofa is from ikea (dave laptop table)
2. The desk is put together with ikea items (2 helmer drawer units) and a white table top.
3. The bookcase in the living room is a cubits and was made from 3 sets bought in DWR.
4. The bookcase in the bedroom is a ikea lack which we modified.
5. The sofa I bought from a small store in Soho, NYC called APT. sofa is called "noon".
thank you all for viewing and commenting!