Before & after renovations are always a great source of inspiration and really get us motivated. Everyone is capable of pulling off a home renovation or refresh project. If you're not happy with your office, pay attention and you'll realize it may be as simple as rearranging some furniture.
Ed Forero submitted his home office before & after to LifeHacker and even though it didn't involve hammers and serious power tools doesn't mean it isn't worthy of a round of applause.
The before office started off as two large black desks put together in the corner. Large black desks shoved together in a corner will obviously weigh a space down and even more so when you add a bunch of gear and equipment on top of that.
Ed kept one of the desks and with the addition of two new chairs, bright artwork and a fresh coat of paint — the office looks completely different. The point of a good home office renovation is to create a space that is inviting — after all, it is
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(Images: Flickr User edforero via LifeHacker)
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Comments (3)
In the before photo, the near fields are actually usable. In the after photo, they are positioned so that if you wanted to use them to mix you'd have to lower your head down to stomach level. You may as well ditch them in favor of some smaller hifi speakers that are more omnidirectional. Granted neither setup is very ideal for mixing, but in the second -- since the emphasis is on aesthetics -- they are taking up a huge amount of space without much benefit.
You're right about that. The picture shows the immediate "after" shot. They have since been raised to be head level and moved a bit farther apart tpfor better stereo separation.
I just didn't want them on the arm a anymore because they were overbearing and people (wife) kept knocking their head on it. :-)
Also, I monitor at low levels so I don't need them to be so far apart.
Looks like the new window blinds let in more light, too.
What happened to all the stuff that used to be in/on the missing desk?