We've been thinking about—pining over, even—a long, lucious desk for our home office. Right now, we're working from a laptop on the sofa, so the endless real estate that a wall-length desk might offer is almost tempting enough to dive into a furniture shopping spree. But first, we want to know what kind of desktop you dear readers are working from—and loving it!
Not all home offices are created equal. Some people work from home and have a room to dedicate to the space. Others live in small, cool apartments and just need a place to check their email in the morning.
But to assume that every studio dweller has a mini-desk and every large-and-in-charge liver has their own Oval Office would be silly and an insult to the collective creativity of Apartment Therapy fans everywhere.
We're sure that a lot of you have surprises for us—and we want to hear about them.
Is your desk tucked in a closet? Long and narrow along your guest room wall? Big, beautiful and lawyer-like in the center of your dedicated room? Tell us in the comments!
(If you're feeling inspired by the short, long, narrow and wide desks in this post, they're from Dave's Tiny Urban Austin Studio, The SkyHouse, Brian's Nest in the Clouds and Tess and Jesse's Basement Studio.)
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Comments (19)
Mine's a 24" x 50" primitive table I got from my mom--the same desk I've been using since I was in high school. It's Just Right. Big enough to fit everything I need, but not so big that I feel marooned on a deserted island when I sit down.
In the new, too-big apartment, I have been able to fit a giant 78"x6_" L-shaped desk (6_ because I am not certain, and don't care enough to find my tape measure in the mess of moving boxes), with shelving next to it. I listen to/watch lectures from home most of the time (I'm a full-time student) and therefore spend enough time at my desk to warrant a dedicated study. In the last apartment, I had a simple 2'x3.5' desk next to a built in bookshelf, and that was nowhere near enough for the many notebooks, textbooks, planners, and snacks (not to mention the keyboard, 23" monitor, and ipad/netbook) that would have to be on the desk all at once. Now, I have enough space for everything, and then some! Thanks to IKEA, it cost far less than I ever expected.
My desk is about 15in deep and 48in wide.
We've got the Ikea Besta Burs desk in white. I love the length - there's room enough for everything. At first it seemed it wouldn't be deep enough, but I wouldn't want a deep, chunky desk anymore!
what desk is that with the white chair??!! ive been looking for something like that for 2 seperate workstations up against a wall.
@b00sted
it looks like 2 Parsons Desks wit the front legs removed on the inside.
My desk is 60x22 I custom made the top with some plywood and then sealed it with a water based polyurethane. For the bottom it is 2 black taborets (one on each side) that have 2 drawers on top and a big open area on the bottom. Works great since i like a lot of storage and a skinny desk. On top i have a wire type filing thing i built and on the other side is the ikea wood little 9 drawer thing for sorting.
I have a laptop so I don't need a deep desk. I have an entry way table/sideboard with a drawer as my desk. It's about 16" deep by 40" wide.
I like mine wide and short.
My office is 30" x 69" ( it's an old entry porch, enclosed), and my desk is 30" x 13". Not really big enough, but at least it's out of the way. The downside is I have no place for files, no system, and rely on memory and computer records to track orders etc. It's getting more complicated week by week...
I want to be elpox!
I'm one of the lucky ones with a room dedicated to my home-based business. My desk is Ikea's Melltorp dining table (69 x 30).
I was lucky a couple years ago and got a huge desktop on Freecycle that used to be part of a Herman Miller modular office setup. It's flat on one edge and curved into an L shape. I added Ikea legs to it and I have so much space. I love it. There's even enough room for a visitor: usually my cat, but sometimes another work-at-home friend shares it for a day. I'm also lucky that I have a bonus room in my house that's a dedicated office.
I have an old fashioned teacher's desk (solid wood) from an old schoolhouse, which I picked up at a tag sale for $25 a few years ago. I'm thinking of sanding and re-staining it (it's pretty ugly). I've considered replacing it, but I really do like it- it has a handy pull out writing surface, and drawers all over. The drawers fit just the right amount of stuff, and when they are full, I know I need to go through things and glean. Right now, I don't have a parish office, so all my counseling books are at my hospital office, but all my other books are in three bookshelves that surround me. It's very library esque.
My study is supposed to be a bedroom, so it has a closet where all my vestments live, my electric piano, and a futon.
The only draw back is that it's the only un-air conditioned room in the house. It's 821 and already heating up too much to use this room, so I've retreated to the downstairs to keep cooler. Pity!
48" x 28" in my office nook off my living room.
When I replaced the cheesy sliding doors in my guest bedroom with Ikea PAX sliding doors, I saved one of them to use as a desk.
The end result is a 80" x 26" surface that rests on two short filing cabinets. Plenty of room for me (and my projects) to spread out.
I'm a graphic design student in a studio apartment. My desk is about 2.5'x5', flanked by a bookshelf on one side and a small flat file on the other, making the whole ensemble about 9 feet long. So basically I sacrificed having a sofa in order to have ample workspace.
Mine's 48"w x 24"d x 30"h. yep, your basic parsons desk.
My desk is in my livingroom/dining room.It is a $25 thrift shop find,that has been dropped while moving & is actually in pieces,but I couldn't bare to trash it! It is 2'x4'4",has a "granite" look top,pull out drawer, a double shelf on the rounded right side and a closed 13"x23" area on the left, and an open drawer area above that, that is 3" deep.I found a mysterious box at a thrift shop that is 10-1/2"x 20". It has metal spacers inside, about 1" apart. I was told it is to hold puzzles. I turned it sideways,made card-board "shelves" to hold completed jewelry. On top of it I added a 31"shelf that has two drawers,side by side. I topped that with a "hutch" that is 18"x25". It sounds like a hodge-podge & it is,but it works for me! And it looks a lot neater than it sounds. I have a flat screen & keyboard on it, and plenty of room to make my jewelry,and even room for a beautiful green plant!
My desk is an original Jerker from Ikea. 120x90cm (about 4x3 feet).
It's got enough room for my 20" iMac and another 20" screen for my pc. 2 Ikea Helmer units sit underneath it for storage, plus the 2 shelves above the screens for my printer, speakers etc.
Attached to one vertical beam is a 15" monitor and on the other side is a tv mount for my TV.
The work surface is wood with a melamine finish, so it's easily wiped clean.
I'm a grad student and I needed more space to work, so I built a 88" x 25 5/8" desk into a nook in my apartment using a Numerar countertop, Expedit bookshelf, and Kullen drawer chest from Ikea.