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Can you recommend a good desk?
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I went to Ikea to look at the Mikael desk and it turned out much smaller than I thought it was. But I did see the Galant series. Looks like a very nice desk and may be my next desk. I would get the one with no addons and shaped like an L, not the backwards L shaped one. The only addon I might get is the raised platform in the back corner.
anyways anyone have pictures of the Galanta desk in their setup?
Thanks!
anyways anyone have pictures of the Galanta desk in their setup?
Thanks!
Me too. This is so much easier. I love the elbow room and the fact that I can slide back and forth down the table as I need to work between paper and computer. My husband and I put the table between us, so that we face one another with our monitors back to back down at one end. We put all of our office supplies in the middle and all the cables run down the back out of sight. It works great, is made of solid wood (not particle board) and was $200.
I got the idea from Pottery Barn, but found a similar, cheaper version elsewhere:
I have an either/or proposition for you:
1. Find a used pneumatic electrified drafting table at a surplus store. What used to be the $2000 to $3000 dollar variety can be had these days for around fifty bucks, since all the fancy pants architects have turned to computers.
I’m considering one for myself — thinking I might additionally add a hinged plate to the top, so that it can be used additionally as a traditional drafting table, yet have a level platform, on which to place my wonderful 22” Sony monitor. The only problem is moving these beasts. They can weigh upwards of a couple hundred pounds.
2. What I use now are two 36” tall filing cabinets, with three 12” x 72” pine boards held together by 1” x 2” pine strips, which fit snugly against the outsides of the filing cabinets. (These boards will soon be replaced with quarter-sawed, tongue-and-groove oak)
Filing cabinets, like the old drafting tables, can be had for $5 to $15 each. Offices are dumping them, in favor of digital storage. The outsides, you can either paint with your own designs, or apply decals from your printer, or……
With either of the above, you’re free to stand up while working — just like designers and art directors in the old days. It’ll help keep you from developing the posture of a snail, and free your thinking as well.
Conceptualize differently.
1. Find a used pneumatic electrified drafting table at a surplus store. What used to be the $2000 to $3000 dollar variety can be had these days for around fifty bucks, since all the fancy pants architects have turned to computers.
I’m considering one for myself — thinking I might additionally add a hinged plate to the top, so that it can be used additionally as a traditional drafting table, yet have a level platform, on which to place my wonderful 22” Sony monitor. The only problem is moving these beasts. They can weigh upwards of a couple hundred pounds.
2. What I use now are two 36” tall filing cabinets, with three 12” x 72” pine boards held together by 1” x 2” pine strips, which fit snugly against the outsides of the filing cabinets. (These boards will soon be replaced with quarter-sawed, tongue-and-groove oak)
Filing cabinets, like the old drafting tables, can be had for $5 to $15 each. Offices are dumping them, in favor of digital storage. The outsides, you can either paint with your own designs, or apply decals from your printer, or……
With either of the above, you’re free to stand up while working — just like designers and art directors in the old days. It’ll help keep you from developing the posture of a snail, and free your thinking as well.
Conceptualize differently.