Removing a massive built in desk thing

[webguy]

Hey guys. I have a room in our house which I want to convert from an office to a bedroom. It has this massive built in desk thing (see attachment). Does anyone know if there are people who will repurpose these and remove them for you? I don’t need it, but it seems wasteful to throw it away. However, I am trying to avoid spending forever trying to carefully take it apart and document how to rebuild it in order to give it to someone else. Didn’t know if there were companies that would remove it for either free or low cost and then sell/install them for people who need them.

Any ideas or suggestions please let me know!

Thanks so much.

[aloevera1]

When I look at this thing all I see is WOOD NICE WOOD FLAT AND EVENLY CUT.

In short, find some woodworking enthusiast who can build things out of the components of this desk.

We disassemble old furniture like this and then use pieces for building shelves or some other structures.

Post an ad at facebook market place?

[sonofsven]

Remove the pieces in the reverse order they were installed.
So, take off the doors and drawers.
Remove the trim at the ceiling.
Remove the trim between the upper cabinet and desk
Are the shelves fixed? If not, remove them.
Are the upper cabinet sections attached to each ither? If so, remove those fasteners and the face frame trim at the front of the cabinet.
Remove the fasteners that attach the upper cabinet to the wall, remove the upper cabinet.
Remove the desktop, it's likely attached from the underside and sitting on a small ledger under the desk area.
Remove the supports and the lower cabinet.
The carpet will probably look different.

I don't see a whole lot of useful material that someone would want to remove it for you, to be honest. And would you really want someone possibly damaging your walls?
Some plywood scraps but that's about it.
The lower cabinet could be useful by itself.
I'm a little jaded because I save tons of scraps  but most of it just stays leaned in the corner.

You could save the parts like this guy:
https://youtube.com/shorts/HbZGTSc_buU?si=GqHt6SLcqHZiG-iG

[uniwelder]

That desk and shelves look quite useful to have in a bedroom.  Who is going to be sleeping there?  If it's for a kid, that would be a great place to do homework and put all their collectibles on the shelves.  In 5-15 years, when they move out, maybe it'll turn into an office again?

I suppose I'm just suggesting to turn it into a bedroom first, give it some time, then see if its really in the way.

[Brystheguy]

There's some nice workmanship there but I'd just demo it. It looks like pine, not a very valuable wood to use for something else. Have a Solo stove? That's what I’d do with it.

[Green_Tea]

You could post it on Craigslist for people to take apart themselves.

I once had a BIG dresser the next renter didn't want. Posted it for free if they manage to take it out of the apartment without damaging the apartment (had them give me 50$ when they came and gave them back when they had finished). I had a group of students there on the same day, they took the thing down within an hour, everyone was very happy.

[Dicey]

That desk and shelves look quite useful to have in a bedroom.  Who is going to be sleeping there?  If it's for a kid, that would be a great place to do homework and put all their collectibles on the shelves.  In 5-15 years, when they move out, maybe it'll turn into an office again?

I suppose I'm just suggesting to turn it into a bedroom first, give it some time, then see if its really in the way.

+1

[lthenderson]

If it were me, if possible I would remove the top shelving unit off in one piece with the help of a friend and leave the bottom unit in one piece if possible and then advertise it on your platform of choice to sell. I wouldn't take it apart in a bunch of pieces unless I was scrapping it or recycling the wood.

If you don't have a friend, I might just sell it in place and then monitor whomever comes to remove it so they don't do something stupid and destroy your house getting it out.

[Kwill]

That desk and shelves look quite useful to have in a bedroom.  ...
I suppose I'm just suggesting to turn it into a bedroom first, give it some time, then see if its really in the way.

+1  I'm not sure it is possible to have too many bookshelves in any room. Think of all the interesting books you could have, just in case you can't sleep. If you don't want a desk chair out all the time, maybe you could put a stool or small bench under the desk for occasional use.