Work station

When D and I started both having to work from home a few weeks ago (slash forever ago), it soon became abundantly clear that the single desk we had been using as a work space would not suffice for both of us. If I worked at the desk, he could sit in an armchair with his laptop, but he didn’t have access to his (hard-wired Cisco) work phone. If he worked at the desk, I felt unmoored and unhappy about not having a designated work space.

1. A new Chromebook to replace my tiny-screened and way outdated Macbook,
2. A small TV we weren’t using and that D repurposed to become an external monitor for me, and
3. Ikea

We reworked a corner of our bedroom to become my work space, and I am relieved and pleased about how it came out. Here are the Ikea pieces we used:

• Alex drawer unit ($79)
• Linnmon table top ($30)
• 2 Godvin table legs ($10 apiece)
• 2 Skadis pegboards — this one and this one ($17 and $15)
• various Skadis accessories, including the cups, a shelf, the lidded sliding containers, the hooks, the clips. the bar thingies, and the letter holder (various prices under $10 for multiples of each item)

I grabbed a lamp we were only sometimes using in the living room and a chair I bought (maybe also at Ikea) yeeeeears ago that was languishing in the basement.

And here is the result: