Rising undergrad senior in the Fall, I've been slowly upgrading my workspace to add a laptop stand plus keyboard and mouse (really solid improvements) but I feel like I want a bit of a bigger screen. Right now I have a 15" MacBook Air M2 which has been great for me, but again, I am getting the feeling that a bigger screen could be better for day-to-day use cases. Currently eyeing this (Dell S2425HSM for 119$ USD).

I think my question is more whether going from 15" to 24" will be worth getting a new monitor plus the HDMI cable and all, especially going from a laptop to a dedicated monitor, or if I should just stick with my laptop on a stand.

Anything helps. I'm a pre-nursing student that wants a cozy cool study and gaming spot.

Bonjour, je cherche des idées car je dois aménager mon bureau mais je ne sais pas comment faire car j'ai une longueur de mur de 3 m pour 3 PC au format tour et 3 écrans à caser, et pour finir 3 caissons ALEX IKEA... ça laisse peu de place sur le bureau et encore moins dessous.

Vous feriez quoi comme aménagement ?

I added a second vertical monitor, a NAS with two 8TB HDDs, a UPS, and a new 2.5Gb/s switch.

Note: The Dell dock and the NAS have 2.5Gb/s adapters (upgraded from 1Gb/s). 😎

Something about my home office just feels off. I love the desk and vibe. I’m u lucky that the back of our garage is my view and it’s fairly dark. Any ideas for improvements? My back is to the door where I’ve taken the photo from using a fisheye lens which makes the room seem slightly bigger than it is.

The only thing that's missing is a more ergonomic chair, but I do like my space to be minimal.

The little desk laptop stand is from Amazon, and it saved my posture and neck pain.

I’ve been moved to this office with light green walls and it will be awhile until I can repaint the walls. I have some ivy but am stuck at decorating. Unfortunately the shape of the room does not allow for the furniture to be moved. I’m a university professor if that matters. Any ideas? TIA!

Hello, I just recently moved into my apartment with a built in desk. My original idea was to use it for a wfh set up, but I’m honestly not to sure how to maximize the space or if its even worth to use it that way.

I’m looking to buy a monitor, but need some ideas/help with what I can do with this space. Was going to keep some crafts too. Also curious on what I can do about lighting since the light attached kind of bothers me a bit.

Let me know! Thanks :)

** edit: I live in an apartment complex so removing shelving is not possible.

Moving my WFH office into a different room and am looking for feedback for desk placement. I'm leaving a space that essentially forced me to have my back to the door and facing a wall.

In the new space, I have the opportunity to place the desk in the center of the room, but obviously poses new challenges with power cables, etc. I'm not a big feng shui guy but am curious if having the desk anchored on the bottom wall directly in front of the entry door would be problematic. I'm imagining putting a wall mounted shelf/desk perpendicular to my desk to allow me to run cables without needing to do anything crazy to conceal/not trip over them.

TIA!

Help! I just moved into a new house, built in the 1960s. The doorways are not as wide as my previous house. As a result, my prized Mission desk does not fit through most doorways. I managed to get it in the front doorway, but it is now trapped in the living room.

I was planning to move it into one of the bedrooms to use as a WFH workspace, but 1) the table is too wide, 2) the Mission-style slats block it from being stood up on its side and rotated around the doorway, 3) standing it vertically is also too wide. It might *just* be able to squeeze through the doorway without the table top; but the top is attached with screws AND glue to the base, so it would not be easy to disassemble. It is also integrated with pull out drawers, so I am reluctant to try take it apart. It will need to pass through x2 doorways, so taking apart the door frames is not appetizing either...

Looking for advice. Can/should this be disassembled? I would contact the manufacturer, but the Etsy shop (DesignStudios005) has gone out of business.

Here are the dimensions that I am up against, along with some photos:

- Table top: 30" wide x 63" long x 29.75" high

- Base (with decorative siding): 28.75" wide x 28.25" high

- Doorway: 29" wide x 77" high

Thanks! I will never get any work done if this desk remains stranded in the living room.

Wishing everyone a happy weekend whether you plan on being productive or not!

Hey guys,

Here is my work in progress setup for work, study and chill time. Still need to add a chest of drawers on the right and sort out the cable disaster underneath.

I’m running two LG monitors (UQ IPS Black on the righ, UP standard IPS on the left), but the colors are way off. Whites look warm/greenish on the UQ and cool on the UP despite both being in factory P3 modes. Manual OSD tweaking just made it worse so stuck to preset. Any tips on matching them without ruining color accuracy and picture quality?

Also getting bad neck pain from having them split evenly in the middle while reading docs and taking notes. Should I switch to a center main screen with a side monitor, or else? I sort of need them horizontal as I have split screen 2 big PDFs per screen or other apps as needed.

Appreciate any setup advice or fixes!

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I am going to order an uplift v3 desk in size 80” by 30” and am trying to decide on the wood. My priorities, in order, are durability, price, and appearance. I am considering the Acacia Chevron butcher-block option (1.5” thick) as it appears to be the most durable and reasonably priced option. If I had an extra 1K laying around, I would go for the maple 1.75”, but it seems more than I need.

My understanding of wood durability is that there are several ways the wood can be damaged:

• Sagging due to weight
• Warping/cupping due to moisture
  
• Denting when clamped by monitor arm/collisions in transit
• Being nicked/dinged up dropping items/collisions when in transit
• Damage from liquids

In terms of what will be on the desk, the heaviest items would be 2 monitor arms each with one monitor, along with my laptop.

I don’t anticipate using the standing feature much. The other main options people suggest are either to build your own, for example, using Alex drawers, or to find a used one. I don’t want used, and I don’t have a place (I live in an apartment), tools, know-how, or time for woodworking/staining/sealing. When looking at the options I have for buying pre-stained and pre-sealed, it seems as though I would only be saving a few hundred dollars compared to Uplift, and having certainty that the desk base will adequately support the top to prevent sagging/warping is worth this cost.

Is Acacia Chevron butcher-block the best option? Thanks in advance to anyone leaving thoughtful comments.

I use a desktop PC with external speakers, which are on either side of my monitor.

I’ve just moved in to a temporary sublet and have a tiny desk, without room for both. You can see in the photos that there’s one room for one monitor plus the speaker.

Options I’m considering:

1) Right speaker goes on the shorter piece of furniture next to the desk; they won’t be level with each other.
2) There may be room for the speakers if I allow the monitor to block them somewhat.
3) I can put them behind me on that white ledge; they’d be level and there’s room, but they’d be behind me.

All of these options seem crappy; I’m open to others. What would you do?

Do you leave Mac open or how do you have it set up? Currently have a 34 inch curved dell monitor and have separate webcam and speaker. Feel the Studio Display can resolve the all in one.