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Before & After: The Converted Closet Floating Desk Home Office

Gregory Han
Gregory Han
A Los Angeles native, Gregory’s interests fall upon the relationship between design, nature, and technology. His resume includes art director, toy designer, and design writer. Co-author of Poketo's "Creative Spaces: People, Homes, and Studios to Inspire", you can find him regularly at Design Milk and the New York Times Wirecutter. Gregory lives with his wife Emily and their two cats—Eames and Eero—in Mt. Washington, California, curiously investigating the entomological and mycological.
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published Oct 11, 2013
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Coltography’s closet home office was already a space efficient and streamlined affair, with cables and wires thoughtfully routed through the wall from PC to a trio of wall-mounted screens. But with improvement in mind, this industrious gent set out to eke out even more usable desk space with an impressive modification merging desk with computer…

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As a person with a tiny room, I have used my closet as my desk space. Attempting to clear up any space I can, I decided to put my computer inside a home made desk.

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Shown above and below, Coltography was able to regain additional space underneath the desk by dismantling his tower-style desktop computer and reassembling it inside the custom made desk itself. With plenty of experience modifying this small corner of his home (check out his past project showcasing how he mounted all three of his screens to the wall), this additional modification into a floating desk, partnered with hue adjustable color LED ribbon lights and sleek hidden cable management, gives his workspace a futuristic TRON-like vibe. Bravo!

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For additional photos and details of this floating desk project, check out Coltography’s Imgur page, alongside this Reddit thread where specs, parts, and discussion about airflow are shared in detail.

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