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Hi, Andy. Try searching eBay for "modern bar cart" (no quotes, search name and description, in Antiques). The results of that search can be, as you said above, "on show," but the style would surely fit your existing decor, and might be a good place to start.

In particular, eBay item 260102307376 is rather wonderful.

Sam's Club has one that I bought recently, really it's a prep table but I love it! It's $113 and they ship right to your door.

http://www.samsclub.com/shopping/navigate.do?dest=5&item=158456

a restaurant service cart if you'd like an industrial touch would work. try shopping the bowery for used carts at lower prices.

We have the same problem (work from home teeny apartment), so we got this: http://roomandboard.com/rnb/collection.do?method=get&id=7721087&cat=49

I know it's not quite what you are looking for, but it's surprisingly roomy for being very small, and we keep our files and printer hidden inside and out of view.

Moira, thanks. You're right that item is very nice. I will be tracking that!

Never thought of it as a "bar cart". I grew up in England where something like that would have been called a "hostess trolley", so I haven't been using the right key words for ebay.

Remove your printer from the equation and you'll have more options: set up your printer in a cabinet or closet and have it print wirelessly.

West Elm used to have a small compact cube/desk thing that might work, but they don't seem to carry it anymore.

I have thought about taking the printer out of the equation by printing wirelessly, but I have a printer/copier/scanner so I can't use it wirelessly. I have thought about buying another printer to use wirelessly, but I'd still need to keep the scanner/ copier one somewhere in the apartment for when I need to scan things (which is probably only a couple of times a week).

Definately an option though.

For someone's future, at Circuit City, we recently saw a printer/copier/scanner that is wireless. It was compact, too. So if you're in the market for one, it can be obtained.

Andy, maybe something like this:

http://www.westelm.com/online/store/ProductDisplay?partNumber=WE-PRODf032&storeId=17001&langId=-1&catalogId=17002&viewSetCode=E&parentId=WE-SH1SLEFRN&retainNav=true&cmsrc=WE-SH1SLEFRN

But I have to say that Moira's suggestion is the best. Someone in the cure is making a printer cozy out of wood and paper to keep it pretty when not in use.

Yeah, the other option is definitely a tailored/Velcro'd skirt around something more utilitarian.

Microwave carts would work well for this. A lot of them nowadays are open storage as in the picture, but you can still find several that offer hidden storage if you search around. Some even have drawers. We have two microwave carts that we use at home. One houses our tools so we can move from room to room without having to trek back to the garage when making repairs and the other one we use for a mobile coffee station. You might have to cut a small hole in the back for cords, but that isn't usually a big deal.

While doing some research for a project of my own, I came across these rolling carts. I'm sure they're intended for schools, but I don't see why you couldn't use one at home, too:

http://tinyurl.com/2hjjj8