wherefore art thou desk?

I think I've struggled with where to house our computer since, well, since we've had one. Big desks, vintage desks, streamlined IKEA desks - seems like I've tried them all. We like to have the computer fully visible - hello, we have teens, pre-teens and little ones in the house. It sat in the family room for years.

Here's a shot similar to the one I posted yesterday, except this one is "pre-remodel". If you aren't too distracted by my weird kids, you can see the long IKEA desk on the back wall. You might also glimpse the printer, modem and assorted junk that a long desk seems to accumulate.

Not to mention all the cords and paraphernalia hanging around. Yuck.

Another rewind photo of how my sun room/playroom used to look. My kitchen is off to the right and you can see where that half door leads into my laundry room/scrap room. (I'm big on multi-tasking).

Whoa. Hard to imagine this is the same room. Gone are the greens walls, red rug, and toys. The colorful bench is slated for Ello's room as are most of the toys. And check out my mini desk! Isn't it the cutest? I love that there is NO room for junk of any kind.

Another angle - love my comfy cozy chair and check it out: no cords! "How is that possible?" you might ask. Well, thanks to my brilliant husband the CPU, modem, router, printer and everything else is on the other side of the wall - in my scraproom. I had a three foot section of countertop that was available, luckily in the perfect spot.

Here is how he did it: carefully wrapped all the cords and ran them through a small hole in the wall. I also have a wireless mouse and keyboard = no cords! Yay!

So, we still have the computer out in the open, but now we avoid eating at the desk, homework has moved to the kitchen table, and no one is allowed to leave anything hanging around on the desk. Otherwise, I would have no room for my cup of coffee. Ha!

I guess this came down to thinking outside of the box. I still need artwork hung, what do you think of these ideas?

Some kind of subway art? Found at THIS etsy seller.

Or maybe a more practical shelf like THIS?

Leave some ideas for me, will you?
Later.

Comments

[Ally]

Wow, talk about a redo! Please tell me you don't plan to get rid of the beautiful blue scraproom! :)

[sue]

I love the subway art and it's easy to change out if you want to use seasonal subway art. Do you use the bench under the window for seating? If so, you might want a cushion. How about a couple of corner shelves in each corner for storage/pretties? Enjoy this new space - it looks amazine!

[sue]

Duh! That's amazing, not amazine. I hate when my fingers stumble over themselves.

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look great!! http://stevehamaker.blogspot.com/

[able mabel]

I definitely need a sign like that to hang in my house! Love the redo!