I would say you'd want something there Cougar, even if it's midway back to give you a little legroom. That would be a fairly wide span to be relying on the fixing you'd make between the two.
Ran electric out to it – lights and 2 double power sockets. Haven’t used it much really in the 4 years since build – it was mainly MrsF’s cutting out space (for fabric).
2 double sockets? I've got 8 and three out of the total of 16 are free. Daughter was taking the piss when I was putting them in, asking why I needed so many
Insulating it was the best idea though. Another colleague has a much more expensive shed, but it’s either cold or red hot. Ours is nice and steady temp.
Yep, insulated roof and it's bearable on a hot day
Down side is laptop and extra screen comes out every night. It’s not locked, and is in our side garden, so easily accessed from the drive.
I've got a full alarm in mine, wasn't expensive and easy to fit - and Blink cameras in the garden and inside the office
Fuzzywuzzy do you work for mi5 or did we catch you on the one handed Web?
Closer with the former :p
Just remember the laptop doesn't need to be open, so you can save space that way. I have mine held in a vertical stand on the side, like this:
I would say you’d want something there Cougar, even if it’s midway back to give you a little legroom.
Kinda my thoughts, yes. I was thinking maybe hacking that existing leg to take the front bit out? Or just living with it I suppose.
I just built the Micke for my daugher. It's a good desk for kids, but by the time you've bought two and figured out how to join them... you might as well just get a proper desk.
The Ikea Bekant stuff is bigger.
I see a few people have mentioned IKEA's stand up desks...I was looking at them and went for this instead -
Was actually cheaper. That was compared to the electric IKEA models, the hand-operated adjustable ones were cheaper.
Delivery took a wee bit longer as it comes from Netherlands and Fedex don't have constant flights moving bits over for now.
@DickBarton - what's it like? I was looking at that recently but was unsure about them
The Ikea Bekant stuff is bigger.
So it is. Spendier too though and doesn't seen to have all the upper storage bits. Looks ideal if you're equipping an actual office rather than home office maybe?
I inherited the same desk as CFH when we cleared out my Grandparent’s house. It fits under a staircase with millimetres to spare. Top drawer is good for hiding a keyboard in.
Annoyingly, I can’t make it fit in the ‘half-arsed loft to office’ conversion a past owner of our house did in any useful way, so I’m half planning on building a different desk up there.
Edit- not quite the same, the base is a slightly different shape but I wouldn’t have noticed if I hadn’t checked.
Works well, 72kg delivered in 2 boxes. Worktop is solid and sturdy. Motor operation is very quiet and very smooth.
Memory settings are very useful and adjustment is quick.
Pleased with the purchase. Delivery was about 4 days longer than mentioned by FedEx but I think was was due to the package being stuck in Netherlands with no suitable transport available.
Thanks
@DickBarton - do you have the ergonomic stool?
https://www.autonomous.ai/office-chairs/ergonomic-stool
Looks tempting as we don't have space for a big star-fleet commander style office chair, but is it actually good in practice
Habitat Cato small desk with space to store laptop closed underneath, separate 22” monitor, keyboard and mouse. I also use a webcam on top of the monitor that serves as a microphone. Sound is through the most excellent Bose Companion 20s with streamed Radio 3. Works very well for MS Teams meetings, Skype was painful due to mic selection so I also had a sennhieser desk speaker (I can’t abide headphones).
Desk is small but I am wholly electronic. Best purchase was a leather desk pad from Spain to take the keyboard and mouse.
On a largeR desk, I use a laptop stand with the same keyboard and mouse. I hate desk level webcams looking up the nose.
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Yeah, got the ErgoStool as well...it is great as a perch - which I'm finding is making me sit up a bit straighter. Since getting the desk, I'm spending most of my time standing up at it, but I'll drop it down for a perch if I've got a long call.
Really pleased with it all and really glad I've got it now.
Cable tidy for it arrives today - I hadn't clocked it didn't have one so ordered it after the desk had arrived and they were waiting on stock - that is due today. However, I've got the cables all tidied away already so not a real hassle.
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SubscriberWhat is am interested in though, is that one of those little garden cabins or does anyone work in one of those? I’m thinking of investing for a quite office space
I use a summer house and it is great to have separation from the main house, I go to work in the morning and leave work behind when I finish. It has been wonderful to watch the wildlife in the garden this year. Hard wired Powerline to the laptop has made connections vastly better than wifi.
The desk was thrown together with what I could find during lockdown but it works very well.
The summer house has a sofa bed etc. as it is a family room so I think when I go to some form of part time office home basis I will put a drop leaf desk on the wall and have one large monitor and laptop stand so that it can move out of the way a bit better.
@oldtennisshoes - sorry, but once you get the kit, you may be thanking me...
I'm on my sofa at the moment. Given in, sold some furniture to clear a space and ordered a desk now I can claim part of it on expenses.
On my new ErgoStool - feels like it's good for my posture. Better than slouching in my Herman Miller Aeron anyway.
@oldtennisshoes - yeah, I was surprised how comfy it was to perch on, glad you are enjoying it (always a mild concern when I recommend something - what if they don't like it?!!!).
I've got nowhere to store images online, so can't pst up a picture of my setup, not that impressive though, so not missing much!).
I’ve got nowhere to store images online
There are many, many free image hosting sites. I use Imgur.
Aye, aware there are loads, but I'm needing to need it more than the hassle of another login and something else to get concerned about...it isn't through a lack of options, it is a choice of not really needing it.
I moved from a single speaker system to a paired Yamaha Musiccast setup for the office this week. It's SO much better than a single speaker! 2 x WX-021's now, working from home is costing me more as all the stuff I could live without or could ignore in the house are now there constantly nagging at me.
I have a cheapo Ikea desk surrounded by 4 monitors. 😬
Had a change around - the filing cabinet that I ordered with the desk finally turned up (last one was smashed), so the fridge had to move. Getting a bit tight for space to add anything else now - just need to get that bloody shelf up!
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Small desk, too high to be fair but needs must, I could have got one of the office desks when we were swapping them out but then I'd have nowhere to put this one. I've an arc of MacBook, work laptop and 27" monitor, keyboard etc that I grabbed before went fully remote and also a chair which has been a godsend. After hols it's going to be clear out stuff to make more space and invest in a better desk again seeing as we're like this till Nov at the earliest and then likely rota for a couple of days a week in an office.
