Ask HN: What cool desk ideas do you have for a home office?
Get an older desk - preferably one of the many-drawered variety - at a thrift store, Craigslist, second hand store or similar. Also, get a 25 to 30 cm wide, 4-5 cm thick slab of some fine wood, Oak or Elm or something else relatively heavy. The slab should cover at least the width of the desk plus ~12-14 cm but it can be wider. Cut two 6 to 7 cm heigh &#x27;feet&#x27; for the slab off the side and mount these on the bottom of the slab so that each foot sits on the edge of the desk. Put the slab on those feet on the back side of the desk, put your monitor(s) on top of it. The keyboard and laptop - that is assuming you have a stationary system at home, otherwise replace &#x27;keyboard&#x27; with &#x27;docking station&#x27; - go underneath the slab when not in use of when - like I have several times a day - the cat comes by to help you with your projects [1]. Get some &#x27;home entertainment system speakers&#x27; from that same thrift store&#x2F;Craigslist&#x2F;Freecycle&#x2F;dumpster and spread them out on the back of the slab behind the monitor(s), put the subwoofer in the foot well under the desk.<p>If you are anything like me the slab will eventually be covered in parts and pieces, rolls of solder, breadboard with cables going hither and thither and more but at least the stuff is not directly on the desk, ey?<p>[1] this is assuming the cat is as bad a hacker as ours is, if yours is actually better by all means allow it to participate.