Liz CA Posted April 28, 2018 Share Posted April 28, 2018 If there are two adults regularly doing work from home, what kind of desk combination / arrangement would work? Right now I have an L-shaped desk and - I am sorry to say - it is cluttered with work material, books "I will read soon," and more. Dh just gets his stuff out of his bag onto the kitchen table which is a large harvest type table. If we took the space where my L-shaped desk is right and put two desks there facing each other (not as deep as my current one perhaps), there would be room for chairs (and it would force me to have less clutter). Please help me brainstorm. Kudos if you can link or post pics. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gardenmom5 Posted April 28, 2018 Share Posted April 28, 2018 think vertical. bookcases on walls. you can put letter trays on the shelves and get them off your desk. an outgoing 'mail folder' on the wall near the door so whomever is on their way to the post office can mail it. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scarlett Posted April 28, 2018 Share Posted April 28, 2018 I have a computer armoire. It is a beautiful piece of furniture and I can close it up when not in use. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Liz CA Posted April 28, 2018 Author Share Posted April 28, 2018 I can't believe it but I actually signed on Pinterest just to look at desks... https://www.pinterest.com/pin/56998751506733854/ This is the type of arrangement I was thinking of, perhaps different styles. https://www.pinterest.com/pin/133841420150052516/ similar here. I looked at IKEA online but have not found a whole lot that would work. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
elegantlion Posted April 28, 2018 Share Posted April 28, 2018 I have a long narrow desk from IKEA. I like that I can spread out the piles but it's not deep enough to really clutter. For two people, my ideal is desks side by side. I don't really like facing people when I work. If space allowed, it would be nice to have one long section divided by an "l"in the center in case you needed to work together. https://www.pinterest.com/pin/276619602090674176/ 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Liz CA Posted April 28, 2018 Author Share Posted April 28, 2018 2 minutes ago, Patty Joanna said: Too shallow. You’ll be kicking each other. Im hoping for side-by -side with a wall of bookcases behind us and the printers and scanners in the same room. https://www.pinterest.com/pin/274227064784388890/ Something like this? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Liz CA Posted April 28, 2018 Author Share Posted April 28, 2018 https://www.pinterest.com/pin/300052393893706648/ Something like this could work. We could do a custom DIY design. I wish the wall was slightly longer... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Liz CA Posted April 28, 2018 Author Share Posted April 28, 2018 https://www.pinterest.com/pin/387591111667213965/ Here is something with two corner units just to visualize it. I cannot use my existing desk. I just measured and I have less space than thought. I am never good with visualizing 3-D space. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Liz CA Posted April 28, 2018 Author Share Posted April 28, 2018 How I love neat and tidy...except we would probably pile stuff on the middle section... https://www.pinterest.com/pin/429460514453509521/ and we don't have this kind of space unless we throw the guest bed out and take over that room. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Liz CA Posted April 28, 2018 Author Share Posted April 28, 2018 5 minutes ago, Patty Joanna said: How often do you have guests? I’m about THIS FAR from paying for a hotel for the 10 nights a year we have guests. I’m still recovering from losing my 3x amount of space for office and hobby. Dh got the biggest bedroom for his space and I got 1/3 the space I had. So when ds moves out, that room becomes the guest room (for now) because the light is poorer for photography and arts stuff. It will relieve the well organized but taut organization in my current space. And then maybe each space can start to emerge past pure function and start to have a little beauty as well. Our son visits every holiday from out of state and hotels in our little town may be booked up fast around that time but I have never considered it. I do enjoy though having friends over and being able to offer the guest room if needed. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Garga Posted April 28, 2018 Share Posted April 28, 2018 My high schooler and I have desks that face each other, like in your first pinterest links. Next to the desks are bookcases where we can store stuff. DS's desk has lots of drawers, but I mostly use the bookcases (my desk doesn't have drawers.) I sit in a wingback chair and he sits in a sturdy wooden chair with a pillow on it. The desks aren't huge, but they work for us. I suppose you just need to find desks/chairs that'll fit in your place, and maybe some skinny bookcases for extra stuff. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gardenmom5 Posted April 28, 2018 Share Posted April 28, 2018 dd and dsil do have a dedicated office in their house. they have one huge l shaped desk. (dsil has the corner) dd has one "wing". she uses a laptop so she doens't need as much space. but they have file cabinets at each end, and the other "wing" has printers/etc. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Monica_in_Switzerland Posted April 28, 2018 Share Posted April 28, 2018 If you do desks facing each other, Ikea now has a cool peg-board system for which adaptors can be purchased to serve as desk dividers. The hook boards can hold quite a bit of desk odd-n-ends. The system is called SKADIS I think. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sugarfoot Posted April 28, 2018 Share Posted April 28, 2018 12 hours ago, Liz CA said: I can't believe it but I actually signed on Pinterest just to look at desks... https://www.pinterest.com/pin/56998751506733854/ This is the type of arrangement I was thinking of, perhaps different styles. https://www.pinterest.com/pin/133841420150052516/ similar here. I looked at IKEA online but have not found a whole lot that would work. When my DH was in medical school and I was a graduate student, this was the set-up we had. Our desks were fairly large, and we had tons of books on a wall of bookshelves. It worked out great. The whole thing was located in the second bedroom of our tiny apartment. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SKL Posted April 28, 2018 Share Posted April 28, 2018 I have a fitdesk next to some shelving. (The shelving holds personal files.) Mostly I just use the fitdesk. With only about 6" x 10" of desk space next to my computer, there is little temptation to pile junk there. I tuck away my "books I'm going to read" etc. into shelves in nooks so they don't look like clutter. In the unusual event that I need more space, I can use a table somewhere else in the house. I also have a small foldup table in case I ever need it - it folds up smaller than a briefcase - but honestly I have only used it like once in 5 years. Is there really a need for either or both of you to spread out on a desk every day? If limiting space would force you to file stuff more often, isn't that a good thing? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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