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Old 05-14-13, 07:52 PM   #505
frau kaleun
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Ta da!



Now for the cleanup and placement:





Subwoofer in the middle on the bottom, computer bottom right, printer on top of the drawer unit... originally I was going to put the lateral file where the drawer unit is now and the drawers and printer on the other side. But I just don't like that setup. So unless it looks and feels different once the rest of the room is in better order, it'll probably stay up against the wall just inside the door, basically to the right of where I was standing when I took the picture.

Not the chair I'll be using in there permanently, obviously, just the only one I have in the place at the moment. I'll have to put 3-4 chair pads on it just to make the seat high enough to use at the desk, lol. Sadly I can't get my desk chair in my car to take it over there and it's just about shot anyway - so I doubt it'll make even the final trip in the truck. I'll just have to make do until I decide on something new. Thankfully once my dinette chairs are there I can use one of those, which is far more suitable and stable.

Also not sure about the keyboard drawer, it blocks easy access to the little shelf behind it and I'm not crazy about that. One of those things I'll have to decide on once I start using the desk regularly. Fortunately removing it is no big deal and if I take it off you would never know it was ever there.

Eventually I want to put a TV and some kind of storage for CDs and DVDs along the wall to the left, where one of the bookcases is laying now. Bookshelves along the wall to the right and around the corner to where the file cabinet will probably stay. With the desk sitting where it is now, I'll have easy access to the back of my computer and other peripherals, and with decent cable management it shouldn't look too messy back there.

I do need to get some kind of blinds for those windows, because the curtains have got to go but the sun in the late afternoon and evening is murder. That's why I have the curtains pulled together on that one window, the sunlight is quite literally blinding at a certain time of day. I'll have to block it or I won't be able to sit at that desk and do anything. And if the desk was in the only available corner, I'd have it shining directly on the monitor which wouldn't be good either.

Speaking of which, I meant to measure those windows so I could start looking for something to put up there and I totally forgot. I can't imagine why, it's not like I've got about three million other things on my mind right now. This morning my brain was so addled that when I was getting dressed I sat down and put my socks and shoes on and tied my shoes and stood up and thought "well that's done" and then realized I didn't have my pants on yet.

Home surprisingly early tonight, thank heavens. I'm gonna grab something to eat and see how much of my non-essential-for-the-moment office mess here in the apartment I can break down and pack up before bedtime. Won't get it loaded in the car so I'll have to come get it tomorrow after work and take it to the condo. Got to stop by there at least once tomorrow since I remembered to put the trash out for collection in the morning and I've got to have the trash can pulled back in before dark.

SO GLAD to have that job done.
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