Comments on: Tell us about your work space

By: Steve Spatucci

Steve Spatucci — Thu, 09 Aug 2007 23:51:08 +0000

It’s great to see what kinds of environments people work in. My wife and I both shared a cramped work area in our two-bedroom apartment, so when we moved into our house I put a lot of effort into making my home office very function and still very fun. Here’s my space:

http://www.stevespatucci.com/office

By: PB

PB — Wed, 08 Aug 2007 23:01:48 +0000

Check LifeHacker for galleries of work space photos & ideas. They run a contest every now and then…

By: Betsbillabong

Betsbillabong — Sun, 05 Aug 2007 03:33:48 +0000

Ha, Beth. That’s a good one — my office unfortunately functions as my PRIMARY bedroom and music studio! Still trying to figure out the best way to have a hiding desk… probably going to repo my stationary desk from my brother soon.

By: Andrea

Andrea — Sat, 04 Aug 2007 14:22:40 +0000

Wow! I’m envious of all these office spaces! My “office” starts in my extra wide hall and ends in the eating area off my kitchen. The desk (My computer sits on one end, his on the other) is a a great dual-tasker… its a dinner table that I’ve mounted a keyboard tray onto. Clear it off et voila! Insta-steating for six! The rest of my office is scattered around the apt, wherever it will fit.

By: Steve

Steve — Fri, 03 Aug 2007 17:11:44 +0000

I’m changing jobs later this month and I will have the opportunity to furnish my new office from scratch. The room is 10′ by 18′ with windows centred on 2 of the walls (it’s in the corner of the office building). I want a sit/stand desk and a couch. I will have a laptop, multi-function printer, external hard drive and not too much else. What are people’s best ideas for layout and features?

By: Red

Red — Fri, 03 Aug 2007 15:45:48 +0000

My home office is awful with two full desks, a spare full-size bed, storage closet and bookcases. My office at work is far superior. I’ll have to take a photo tomorrow to show off how a windowless office in a basement can look neat, clean, and streamlined.

By: beth

beth — Fri, 03 Aug 2007 14:33:13 +0000

My office unfortunately also functions as my spare bedroom and music room. I found a desk from Ikea that’s quite tall giving me a lot of vertical storage, and it has a built in white board. The top part has metal pieces you can adjust for filing, I use it to store all my paper / envelopes etc. For my second computer I don’t use it as much so I keep it on top of a book case that doubles as a night stand. For a small space it works well for me.

By: Erin at Unclutterer

Erin at Unclutterer — Fri, 03 Aug 2007 13:26:30 +0000

Bakari–

Drop us a link to a picture when you get your office how you want us on our “contact” page. We love before-and-after photos, too!!

By: Sam

Sam — Fri, 03 Aug 2007 04:14:06 +0000

I can’t wait to move back to school and have more than half a desk and some boxes on the floor to call my own. These pictures are just filling my head with big ideas that I know I can’t fund right now.

By: Jeri Dansky

Jeri Dansky — Fri, 03 Aug 2007 04:12:29 +0000

I really like my home office - except for all the cords. I’ll probably go with wireless the next time around.

By: StarXLR8

StarXLR8 — Fri, 03 Aug 2007 02:29:37 +0000

My best friend recently called me a nerd for having a white board in my living room. It’s my office nook, darn it!

My new work space

By: Amanda

Amanda — Fri, 03 Aug 2007 01:36:44 +0000

I don’t know what I’m more envious of: the glorious, streamlined offices or that nice Eames chair and ottoman in the corner of the second picture.

By: nat

nat — Fri, 03 Aug 2007 01:10:40 +0000

here’s mine: http://farm2.static.flickr.com.....68.jpg?v=0
the hanging thing was made with two pushpins, a piece of cotton string tied around the pushpins at either end, and i a few binder clips i had laying around.

i also love having a bit of greenery on my desk. makes it feel very cozy, especially when it’s in a pretty pot.

By: Bakari

Bakari — Fri, 03 Aug 2007 00:06:20 +0000

The above photos make me want to weep. My office is sooo cluttered with stuff that it’s hard to know where to begin. I think I know what I need to do to get it cleaned up, but the task seems seriously daunting.

I would like to greatly downsize my large library and have everything that I don’t use on a regular basis neatly tucked away in the office closet.

My office as you can see is bogged down with books, files, papers, magazine and lots of other stuff that get in the way of the actual work I do.

By: Erin at Unclutterer

Erin at Unclutterer — Thu, 02 Aug 2007 20:48:42 +0000

Katie –

Good eye. It is a sewing machine–a Bernina Aurora 440 QEE. To use a lot of its functions, it needs to be connected to my computer (I dual boot Windows on my Mac). I use it regularly, so I keep it on my desk all the time. When I bought it a year ago, the sales person said, “Women as young as you don’t often buy sewing machines like this.” Ha! I’m in the market for a serger, too, so hopefully I’ll have two on my desk by the end of the year.

By: Katie

Katie — Thu, 02 Aug 2007 20:38:22 +0000

What is that thing on the right side of your desk? I thought it was a sewing machine at first, but now I’m not sure. What is its purpose?

By: Joseph Young

Joseph Young — Thu, 02 Aug 2007 20:23:41 +0000

My setup:

http://picasaweb.google.com/us.....7300507778

I’m trying to get as minimalistic as possible with a bunch of gear. It’s a difficult trade-off.

By: Aaron

Aaron — Thu, 02 Aug 2007 19:37:49 +0000

I like collecting found objects and thrift store fare so I here’s my set-up using an old desk someone gave me years ago.

http://www.flickr.com/photos/v.....821344569/

By: Chris in Annapolis

Chris in Annapolis — Thu, 02 Aug 2007 17:10:45 +0000

I just bought one of these (in ivory) to hide my HD components for a wall mounted plasma. Works very nicely