By popular demand, here’s my home office setup. I have a “bonus room” above my garage which is mostly separate from the rest of my home. The desk is built in over a cubby that has a window that overlooks the front of the home. So I sit at my desk and look out over the neighborhood. This space was actually one of the selling points of the house. It is a large space (the size of a 2-car garage) that allows me to have a completely sperate home office space, but still be close to home.
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Desk Lamp - years old, from Pottery Barn
Wall Clock - years old, from Pottery Barn
Ladder Shelves - Pottery barn (set of 2 - second shelf not pictured)
Floating Shelves - Lowes
Laptop Riser - Years old originally from Griffin
Pen Organizer - Office Depot
Paint color is Weekend Getaway from Benjamin Moore
One of the first setups here with a printer. Unfortunately I don’t have a convenient place to put my printer, apart from my desk. And it’s taking a lot of space for something I only use occasionally.
Nice clean home office by the way.
I have a bonus room as well that I use as an office. It’s similarly situated above our garage as well and it is pretty difficult to keep cool on days when the temperature gets above 80.
Do you have any issues keeping yours cool? We had an HVAC guy out that said it’s not uncommon for these rooms to have issues staying cool because of their proximity to the gable. He has recommended setting up a separate zone for the bonus room (which along with some duct work would run about $1700), but I’m somewhat unconvinced as to how effective it will work.
I have a separate zone setup for this room and it has it’s own Nest thermostat. It works well. I’m in Florida and the room can get warm. When I’m not home, I keep the eco temp set around 84. When I am home (evenings and weekend) I turn the temp down to 78 when I work in the office. Because the office is so small, it cools down very quickly. I also have two large overhead fans to keep air moving.
My home inspector recommended at the time I replace the HVAC unit to consider a separate indoor unit for the office because of it’s small size. That might be something to look into.
Chair is nothing special - I think I bought it from Office Depot on clearance, couldn’t tell you what it is. It works, so I haven’t looked at upgrading.
Very nice setup, Katie. Cozy, professional, ergonomic. I too have a window in front of my monitor but there’s glare from it. It faces South unfortunately. I wish I could move to a different spot in the room but that’s not possible.
No, I usually have the second display up, thus the riser. Depends on what I’m doing, if I’m done for the day, or cleaning up (for a photo) I will close it.
The TV is nothing special, it’s a 42” Samsung plasma I bought in 2008 for the olympics. It was my main TV for many years and my first HD TV, but I’ve since upgraded twice so this TV had gotten relegated to the office. It just won’t die.
Thanks for providing the links to the hardware. I really like how you always strike a balance between price and stuff that ‘plays nicely’ with the Mac. I will definitely be making a few purchases.
That’s great! I looked at a house with one of those above-the-garage offices once, but the house was ‘too much’ for my partner at the time. It also had a hot tub in between the garage and the main house. What I wouldn’t give for that today.
