How to Make a Larger Sit-Stand Corner Desk

corner ikea adjustable desk
Photo Credit: SSJ Kamehameha 

I noticed that the tabletop for the new BEKANT sit/stand was smaller than the GALANT (which they no longer sell anymore), so I bought a used GALANT corner desk tabletop and hacked it with the BEKANT sit/stand corner desk frame to maximize table space.

Sit Stand Corner Desk Hack
Photo Credit: SSJ Kamehameha

Materials:

  • IKEA BEKANT sit/ stand corner desk frame
  • GALANT Corner desk table top

Corner BEKANT sit-stand desk

1. Put the frame together as instructed in the manual.
2. Place the GALANT top down.
3. Place the frame in the middle.

My measurements for the left-sided corner desk
Frame length – 146cm (7cm on each side)
GALANT length – 160cm
Frame width – 97cm
GALANT width – 120cm (12cm on each side)

Bekant-Galant Sit-Stand Corner Desk Hack
Photo Credit: SSJ Kamehameha
Sit Stand Corner Desk Hack
Photo Credit: SSJ Kamehameha
Sit Stand Corner Desk Hack
Photo Credit: SSJ Kamehameha

4. Drill a hole using a 3/8 drill bit approx. 1/2 inch down (if you drill too far, you’ll drill through the table as I did) on the far end of the frame where the holes are located. I would put a third one on the longer side (corner desk).
5. Insert the plastic screwy thing (130884) into those holes and secure it with (130886).
6. Insert the wires/adapters for the legs.
7. Using the same drill bit, drill holes approximately 1/4 – 1/2 inch away from and parallel to the frame for the mesh net.
8. Insert the same plastic screwy thing (130884) and secure it with the other thingy. (130886).
9. Complete the wiring of the control, placing it where you want it to be on your corner IKEA adjustable table.

~ by SSJ Kamehameha