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So I recently decided it was time to build out a home office for myself with how much I work from home.  Previously, I had a desk setup with all of my computer stuff in what is supposed to be the dining room of my town house.  Unfortunately this room is also the only route from the kitchen to the rest of the house.  So I always had to walk by and see all my work stuff crammed onto this single desk.  I didn’t even have room for my printer, so it sat on the floor.  It just sort of made me feel down when I sat down to work.  That’s no way to start out the day.

So I decided to wipe out my (now former) spare bedroom and turn it into a home office.  It was pretty much the perfect size for it.  So I went up to Ikea and bought a large “slab” desk at a great price along with a nice office-rated chair and a small file cabinet / printer stand.  Then I went to BJ’s and was able to locate a good deal on a 32″ LCD TV along with a perfectly sized TV stand for it all at a reasonable price.

It’s worked out awesome.  The desk is large enough to fit my 13.3″ MacBook, 24″ Apple Cinema Display, and a 21(ish)” secondary display that I sometimes use.  I use my old MacBook (a first gen BlackBook) as a media center for the TV.  So I’m able to watch Hulu and things like that, which works out perfect.  No need to pay a monthly fee for a cable box since I can pretty much get anything I might want to watch while in my office from Hulu or I can just plug it directly in the wall to watch the local news channels since you don’t need a box for them.

Now I just need to get some cable management in effect and I’ll be very happy with it all.