In which I get excited about dorky desks
Dec. 29th, 2009 12:06 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
flexagonWhat a great Christmas break it's been. I have only one slight issue, and that is that the days are starting to blur together ("Is it Sunday today?"), a dangerous thing that could ultimately make my vacation seem shorter if I let it continue.
Today I got all inspired to improve my "office corner", the tiny plot of living-room territory I call my own. I've been dissatisfied, and while the ultimate solution would be a different condo with a room in it for me, we've talked it over and that's really not happening for a while. Thus, I went on an odyssey for the perfect L-shaped desk today; my current desk is a minimalist 20" by 41", so more work surface is the first step toward having space for more than just my computer. I looked and looked, but all the ones I could find were too big, and when they weren't they were also too deep, 30" or 36".
In frustration I searched for 20" desks directly, and found what I needed at a supplier for elementary schools. I'm going to have a super industrial looking L-desk made from two plain, adjustable, 20" deep kiddie desks. Like this, but without the metal book-boxes underneath:
Kind of punk, huh?
Now to mix it up I'm going to look for some contrastingly luxe task lighting and a good, ergonomic but non-rolling chair... assuming such a thing exists. I've been sitting on a $5 plain wooden chair for years now and I'm a little tired of it.
Today I got all inspired to improve my "office corner", the tiny plot of living-room territory I call my own. I've been dissatisfied, and while the ultimate solution would be a different condo with a room in it for me, we've talked it over and that's really not happening for a while. Thus, I went on an odyssey for the perfect L-shaped desk today; my current desk is a minimalist 20" by 41", so more work surface is the first step toward having space for more than just my computer. I looked and looked, but all the ones I could find were too big, and when they weren't they were also too deep, 30" or 36".
In frustration I searched for 20" desks directly, and found what I needed at a supplier for elementary schools. I'm going to have a super industrial looking L-desk made from two plain, adjustable, 20" deep kiddie desks. Like this, but without the metal book-boxes underneath:
Kind of punk, huh?
Now to mix it up I'm going to look for some contrastingly luxe task lighting and a good, ergonomic but non-rolling chair... assuming such a thing exists. I've been sitting on a $5 plain wooden chair for years now and I'm a little tired of it.
