![]() ![]() I wanted my power strips attached as securely as possible because I tend to pull and push hard when adding or taking away plugs, so I opted to use wood screws and a cordless drill to drive them into my solid wood desk. Getting all these items attached underneath my desk meant I only had two power cables and a couple ethernet cables going away from my desk, minimizing my cords to manage. I also have an ethernet hub with four or five cables attached and a Raspberry Pi running home automation software. Every monitor mounting solution I've researched includes cord management, which helps you further hide your cables for a cleaner appearance.Īfter my monitor, the next biggest things in my setup were two power strips on the floor, with three or four different things plugged into each-wires all over. I use a very simple pole with a VESA mount (the mounting standard for monitors) and a desk clamp that I got on Amazon for around $30. ![]() The biggest difference you can make for your desk right now is taking your monitor off its own stand and mounting it onto an arm or pole that's affixed to your desk. That's it-so let's walk through each part of the list. Keep everything you can attached and wired underneath your desk. Instantly gain desk space with a monitor mount.Īttach everything you can to the bottom of your desk, with stuff you rarely touch going nearer the middle and stuff you change often toward the edges.įigure out how you'll bundle up wires and attach them under your desk.ĭesign your desk so that the bare minimum of wires go down the legs of your desk to walls or other devices. ![]() (You're going to place each thing back, one at a time.) Unplug every single thing completely, and power it all down to start fresh. If you can, set aside a day with nothing on your plate. Here are the steps I followed to transform my perennially problematic desk into a cleaner, better designed workspace: First, you need to map out everything you want to do. The old saying "if you fail to plan, you plan to fail" rings very true in this case. Turning a disaster area into a clean, useful space may seem like a big challenge, but if you break it down into smaller parts, it's absolutely manageable. (And not just on my desk but also on the ground all around my chair.) If you zoom in on the photo above, you'll see the giant bundles of cables like spaghetti coming down the back of my desk near my feet that always caused havoc. I tend to clean the top of my desk every four to six months, but almost immediately, it forms piles of half-baked projects and snail mail and receipts-so much so that, within days, I'm back to stacks of things everywhere. ![]()
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