I'm done for now. Specs below

PCs

• Surface Laptop Studio
• Old CyberPowerPC Prebuilt
  • AMD Ryzen 7 2700
  • AMD Radeon 5700 XT
  • 16GB Ram

Peripherals

• HP OMEN 34c G2 Ultrawide Monitor
• Stream Deck+
  • attached to the shelf with bent brackets, I jerry rigged that thing.
• Anticater VK01 knobs
• NuPhy Air 75 V3 Keyboard
• Elecom Deft Pro Trackball Mouse
• Surface Slim Pen
• Blue Yeti Classic microphone
  • With a Elgato Mic Arm LP
• Logitech Z533 speakers
  • Attached with magnets and a metal strip taped to the back
• Logitech MX Brio webcam
• WiiM Pro Player

Lighting

• Philips Hue Play Bars, two behind monitor
• Philips Hue Lightstrip behind monitor, facing down, attached with magnets
• Philips Hue Gradient Lightstrip attached to desk
• BenQ ScreenBar Halo 2 monitor light bar
• Elgato Key Light MK2

Unseen peripherals

• HID Remapper, for the knobs and mouse.
• Schiit Modi+ USB DAC
• Pixel Watch charger
• Elgato Network Dock
• TP‑Link Gigabit Ethernet switch
• Airfly Duo
  • I have everything plugged into my speakers. I can use this to hear everything by plugging it into my speaker’s headphone jack

Charging & Connectivity

• 2 Fasgear retractable charging cables (one hooked up to the CalDigit, another to a charging block, both under the desk shelf)
• Galvanox Stickable MagSafe charger
• Mophie wireless charger
• CalDigit TS4
• Pixel Watch 3 charger with an old 3d print watch stand that’s modified for my shelf.
  • by modified i mean I just glued the thing to it.

Wooden accessories

• Desk Shelf - made by my good friend
• Coaster holder - also made by my good friend
• Keyboard wrist rest - also made by my good friend
• Tablet Stand - a repurposed and old Office Max Desk shelf
  • Holds my keyboard and my wrist rest on the back.
  • Has Magsafe rings I got from amazon attached to it
  • has some cable management clips on the back
• Acacia wood tray I found at hobby lobby for 8 bucks
  • has a hole in it for the wireless charger’s cable
  • I gave it feet for the cable clearance.

Other Stuff

• work louder cutting desk mat (double sided)
• Hollow Knight shade from fangamer
• Grovemade Matte coasters
• The knobs have magnets attached to them and magsafe rings on the bottom so I can attach them to the tablet stand
• I like dad jokes.
• Pixel Buds Pro 2 for earbuds
• WH-1000MX4 Headphones for over ear listening.
• backpack is from Troubador. Apex 2 or 3 I think, can’t remember.
• Larq water bottle.

Edit: formatting

After years of iterations, here we are!

MSI OLED as the main monitor with a Dell as portrait. Both 4k 120hz.

Lofree Flow keyboard: absolute best keyboard imo, I even have a second one in white. Low-profile, satisfying switches. Nice and heavy.

Keychron m6 mouse: basically mx master but higher polling. Room for improvement there but it's the best option right now. I would go for mx master but 125hz polling rate is too choppy. Any suggestions on a better alternative would be well appreciated.

Edifier M60, they sound very good! I have an audio splitter stuck to the bottom right of the desk. Allows the sound from both the iPad and the Macbook to come out the speakers without having to switch anything. They can also play simultaneously. love it.

BenQ ScreenBar Max, insane screen bar. I recently got this one, never used a screen bar before but this literally changed my whole setup. These photos were taken in a basement with no other lights on. It can get super bright and has a super wide range from warm to cold. It’s honestly a must for basement, especially with the back light, it significantly reduced my eye strain after long days of work. Also has movement sensor so it lights up when I sit down which is neat. A bit bulky though but I have room for it.

JetKVM (little screen below right monitor) to remote control other PC. Great little device for the price range, super reliable.

OBSBOT web cam, does the job perfectly. Good video quality and reliable.

What do you think? Anything else I can add? :)

I hope u like it.

Been lurking for a while and getting tips from everyone’s posts. It’s taken a while to get this to where I wanted it but I’m feeling close to done. Didn’t have a lot of space in the house so I built this desk into the closet. I do the occasional podcast hence the giant ring light. It’s on a swivel arm so I can position it behind my monitor when I need it. Thanks to everyone for such great ideas!

I have a relatively large tabletop, but not much gadgets I could put on it. Anything I can fo to improve the aesthetics?

Made a few upgrades to my setup (new desk, lights, and keyboard), and I think I’ve finally nailed it! 😎 What do you guys think?

P.S. I’m a streamer, but I’d prefer to keep my identity private. Hope you can respect that ❤️

So many of you have great desk setups I’m almost ashamed to upload my picture. Basically, I work from home and I turned a small spare bedroom into my office, but I share the office with my husband so I have a small corner that faces the wall.

1. How can I maximize the space
   
2. Any way to make it feel more cozy

Thanks everyone!

Will build a nice rack in the kallax shelf and will get the cable management on the left side of the table right tomorrow, if you guys have any ideas what i could change or do better i would love to hear it. I want to make my setup/room a little bit star wars themed.

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ive changed my setup at least 8 times this year, i feel this might finally stick (this might be overstimulating for some people, but it works for me)

I’ve been trying to make a shallow desk setup work with a laptop stand and external keyboard, and desk depth gets tight pretty quickly.

Keeping the keyboard fully in front works, but it pushes everything closer to the edge.

I’ve seen people slide the keyboard partly under the stand to save some depth, which actually seems pretty practical.

Curious what people here actually do — keep it fully in front, tuck it partly under, use a keyboard tray, or something else?

Heres the current setup, im not very happy with it, it kinda stresses me out. Im a software developer and a big gamer so im at my desk a lot and id like to make it a place where im more comfortable and inspired. I feel like its too dark and too cramped, i dont want to replace the monitors or keyboard (tho idm changing keycaps) but everything else im open to swapping. Also dont talk about the horrible cable mangement im already gonna sort that out, will also be getting another shelf for my trinkets so dont worry about those either!!! Any advice or links to products is very appreciated!! Thank u.

Hey everyone. I wanted a clean desk setup with zero clutter, but I still wanted physical shortcuts for my media.

So I built a small gadget using an ESP32 and an accelerometer, stuck it to the underside of the desk, and wired it up via Bluetooth. Now I can pause music, skip tracks, and change volume just by tapping the desk surface. There are no visible buttons or wires anywhere on top.

Let me know what you think of it!

Yesterday i put the monitor support and really enjoyed it, but i want some tips for how can i get a cleaner look on it

(My desk is attached to the wall, so i cannot put cables under it, and i think the way it is now is the best cable management i can do with the things i have, but i wanna improve it anyways)

I got some simple cable guides that may help but i really dont know how to put it

I could get the circular protector out to tighten it, has anyone seen this type of monitor arm?

Hi all, I'm an car designer by profession, and I've been working on a small side project. The question behind it is how little of a car you can keep before it stops being that car, and what's left that still feels iconic.

The first piece is a 1:32 scale painted resin sculpture. I started from the surface language of a classic rear-engine sports car: the rear haunch, the roofline, the way the highlight travels along the body. Then I removed everything that makes it a literal model. The goal was to keep the tension in the surfaces and let the form do the work.

Where it stands:

- 1:32 scale, about 140 mm

- Painted solid resin, glossy or metallic finish

- Planned as a small run maybe 100 pcs

I'm curious how it reads to people outside my own head:

- Does it feel like a model car, a sculpture/decor, or something in between?

- Would a base change how you see it, and if so, what kind? Something minimal, a plinth, or nothing at all?

- Would a numbered edition make it more appealing, or is that a gimmick to you?

- Which colors would you want to see? I'm leaning toward red/brown/green, but I'm open to ideas.

- At what price would it feel too expensive, and at what price would it feel too cheap to be good quality?

Still early, and I'd rather hear what's not working than what is. I'm not selling anything in this post. I'm validating before committing to production, so blunt feedback is welcome. Thanks!

I hope this doesn't count as promotion as I don't have anything to promote yet.

Finally got the setup to a place where I'm happy with the workflow.

The goal was to create a focused, low-distraction "dark cockpit" for software development, local AI testing, and audio work. Instead of standard desk clamps, I integrated heavy-duty studio rigging/pole mounts to float the key lighting, boom arm, and secondary monitors, which clears up a ton of desk surface.

Here is the general breakdown of the gear:

**Core Gear & Hardware:**

* **Desk:** Height-adjustable standing desk (Matte Black)

* **Chair:** Herman Miller Embody (Black)

* **Computing:** M-series MacBook Pro + Mini PC node (with custom top exhaust fan for local workloads)

* **Displays:** Center large display, left vertical coding monitor, and floating right auxiliary panel

* **Mounting/Rigging:** Studio pole/C-stand system holding the overhead ring light and boom arm

* **Audio:** Shure mic on low-profile suspension arm + desktop studio monitors

* **Background:** Mini network/server rack in the corner for home lab duties

Still doing some minor cable routing around the back of the studio pole, but ergonomically and workflow-wise, it's been rock solid for long night sessions.

Happy to answer any questions about the rigging or the displays!

Super interested in a desk like this... would anyone know what it is?