New Office Setup

So as I mentioned a few days back, I got a new desk. It’s labor day weekend and everyone got off early on Friday, so I came up and built this desk. It’s really pretty. With my new setup, I have so much more space. I guess before, all the space behind me wasn’t being used.

To build the desk, I first had to make froom for it, so the old desk and all the other crap were taken down and moved to the side. Yes, both my computers went down as well as my internet connection. Now, I’m also facing toward the window(s) instead of facing toward the wall. It generally feels more secure and like I said, I feel that I have more space now and I can even fit another table on the left of me.

Anyway, after everything was built and setup, I noticed I needed more furniture to hold stuff, like the networking crap in the corner and the rear speakers that are sitting on the floor. So since I didn’t have any plans today (besides sleeping in, which I did till 3pm, or was it 4pm), I headed over to IKEA to check stuff out. I made measurements on what I needed to fit nicely into my setup and also to give enough space for my Roomba to come in, though with my new setup, the Roomba’s bound to start eating up cables, so I need to figure out how to avoid that.

I decided I needed a bookshelf for the networking hardware and it’ll also hold my left rear speaker.
I needed a little box to house my computer and to put the printer on top of it.
I had some space between my desk and the wall and thought it be nice to have a drawer/cabinet type thing.

After getting to IKEA, it took quite some time to find what I needed, though choices were aplenty.

I ended up getting the KILBY bookcase for $19.99. The one I linked to is the larger version for $29.99 because I can’t seem to find the smaller one on their site. It was a bit wider than what I was looking for (would end up extending past an electric outlet), but I decided that due to it’s “cost” and I can always just not install the back panel, leaving the back through to the wall completely, it was worth it.

I ended getting the CORRAS bedside table to use as my printer stand. It was just right, had an internal height of 18″ (my computer was 17″ tall) and would fit my printer on top quite nicely. It did come with a shelf, but I didn’t bother installing it. This was also the most expensive piece at $34.99 (though the site says $29.99; did I get gypped?).

The hardest one to find was the drawer, because I only had 14″ to spare (or I could push my desk further away from the wall, but that seemed like a big hassle with all the crap already on it and setup. Then there was the price of ~$50 for a tiny drawer. That’s why I ended up with the FLÄRKE computer unit, though I wasn’t going to house any computer in there. I thought my trash can would fit nicely in there and I could hold some documents on the top shelf and on the top of it, I can put my scanner.

Welp, there you have it!