home office desk, any opinions?

home office desk, any opinions?

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jason61c

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5,978 posts

173 months

Friday 30th July 2021
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Ideally at least 1.2m wide( upto 1.6m), 65cm deep(upto 80cm).

Looking to spend less than £500. I've just about finished converting half the upstairs of my garage, so single bay size.

What are people using for home working? Seem some nice looking ones at John Lewis, however at £700, having looked at them, they're expensive for what they are. Its a bloody nightmare finding the right thing.

Doofus

25,732 posts

172 months

Friday 30th July 2021
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jason61c said:
Ideally at least 1.2m wide( upto 1.6m), 65cm deep(upto 80cm).

Looking to spend less than £500. I've just about finished converting half the upstairs of my garage, so single bay size.

What are people using for home working? Seem some nice looking ones at John Lewis, however at £700, having looked at them, they're expensive for what they are. Its a bloody nightmare finding the right thing.
https://www.thehairpinlegcompany.co.uk

And a decent solid wood kitchen worktop, cut to size.

reggie82

1,370 posts

177 months

Friday 30th July 2021
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I got 2 IKEA Alex draws and put a solid oak kitchen top across them. Love it and way under your budget.

grumbledoak

31,499 posts

232 months

Friday 30th July 2021
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Electric standing desks are great. The frames are cheap and plentiful on Amazon now. Just source and fit your own top.

mikeiow

5,287 posts

129 months

Friday 30th July 2021
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For my last 10-12 years working from home, my desk was a secondhand ikea pine dining table, 6' x 3' - cost a tenner!
I'm not saying that suits everyone....but desk size matters wink

Seriously, 2 x decent monitors plus the laptop in the middle, room for a printer and paperwork....made for a decent desk!

anonymous-user

53 months

Friday 30th July 2021
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It’s the chair that’s important imo.

PH User

22,154 posts

107 months

Friday 30th July 2021
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You need both to be right to be really comfortable. Electric standing desks are the way forward.

Doofus

25,732 posts

172 months

Friday 30th July 2021
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PH User said:
Electric standing desks are the way forward.
Depends how hard/long you work. smile

WindyCommon

3,354 posts

238 months

Friday 30th July 2021
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https://www.techradar.com/uk/best/best-office-desk...

Their first place recommendation, Office Hippo. I bought one after a lot of research, and have not seen anything else that comes close for quality and value. Mine is a white l-shaped one from their “Professional” range. Delivered (literally) the next day from Amazon.

Mr Whippy

28,944 posts

240 months

Friday 30th July 2021
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reggie82 said:
I got 2 IKEA Alex draws and put a solid oak kitchen top across them. Love it and way under your budget.
This seems standard practice for computer desks and what I’ll be doing in a few months.

80cm deep and fill the width across a 3m wall.

Baldchap

7,507 posts

91 months

Friday 30th July 2021
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Come to the conclusion with the boy's computer desk that the next and subsequent desks I am ever involved with will be solid wood or kitchen worktop.

pete

1,586 posts

283 months

Friday 30th July 2021
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I went with a wall to wall length of 80cm deep, 25mm thick solid oak worktop. It’s 2.3m wide, and fixed to battens on 3 sides there’s no sag and very little bounce when you type. I think I paid about £200 for the worktop, pre-oiled and cut to length, so far more economical than a ready made desk. Here’s a work in progress shot:


BobSaunders

3,027 posts

154 months

Saturday 31st July 2021
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Electric standing desk, with your own custom worktop. Work too from IKEA.

Decent chair, as much as you can afford.

yellowtang

1,772 posts

137 months

Saturday 31st July 2021
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I’ve recently made two desks for my office out of single slabs of live edge timber. The left hand desk is a piece of Ash 2.2m x .8m and the right hand desk is a piece of Cedar 2m x .65m

The Ash cost £200 and the Cedar £120, the clear coated steel legs were £120 a pair.

I’ve just bought a 3m x .6m piece of Oak to make two more smaller desks, again with steel legs.

Everyone comments on how great they look - but in reality it was very simple to do and pretty cost effective.



Mr Whippy

28,944 posts

240 months

Saturday 31st July 2021
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3x32” screens, graphic tablet, keyboard, mouse, maybe my laptop.

Can these standing desks really cope with a proper workstation?
I think I’d be having to build a DIY rig to lift/lower my stuff safely.

Or just sit as usual and get away from the desk every 90mins for 10 mins of exercise/break etc?

yellowtang

1,772 posts

137 months

Saturday 31st July 2021
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Ash

yellowtang

1,772 posts

137 months

Saturday 31st July 2021
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Cedar

PH User

22,154 posts

107 months

Saturday 31st July 2021
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Mr Whippy said:
3x32” screens, graphic tablet, keyboard, mouse, maybe my laptop.

Can these standing desks really cope with a proper workstation?
I think I’d be having to build a DIY rig to lift/lower my stuff safely.

Or just sit as usual and get away from the desk every 90mins for 10 mins of exercise/break etc?
It sounds like what you have isn't the norm, so they might not. Standing desks are really great though, much better than just moving away for 10 minutes.

Sporky

6,085 posts

63 months

Saturday 31st July 2021
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Mr Whippy said:
3x32” screens, graphic tablet, keyboard, mouse, maybe my laptop.

Can these standing desks really cope with a proper workstation?
I think I’d be having to build a DIY rig to lift/lower my stuff safely.
Some certainly can - not quite at your level, but I have two 27s on an Ergotron arm, laptop, Spacemouse, keyboard, mouse, extra numpad, laptop, and a tower PC hung off the underside and it copes perfectly. I'd guess your setup might be 20kg more, I don't see that bothering the lift.

My wife has my old electric desk with three sewing machines on it, and that glides up and down like it's unladen. That was a Consett from the Back2 sale.

BobSaunders

3,027 posts

154 months

Saturday 31st July 2021
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PH User said:
Mr Whippy said:
3x32” screens, graphic tablet, keyboard, mouse, maybe my laptop.

Can these standing desks really cope with a proper workstation?
I think I’d be having to build a DIY rig to lift/lower my stuff safely.

Or just sit as usual and get away from the desk every 90mins for 10 mins of exercise/break etc?
It sounds like what you have isn't the norm, so they might not. Standing desks are really great though, much better than just moving away for 10 minutes.
Clicked on a random one from Amazon - 70kg lift weight (need to include the work top).

https://www.amazon.co.uk/FLEXISPOT-Adjustable-Elec...

I'd love to get 10 minutes away every 90 minutes.. at a grand total of less than 3k steps per day i had to do something.