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Originally posted by chef View PostI disagree.
- a desk needs to be big enough for your requirements but also not look out of place in the space its in
- the correct height to fit your desired chair
- the correct depth so that it can fit the monitors / keyboard etc and not feel too cramped.
- you're unlikely to buy many work desks in your life and so it should also be of a style that isnt going to look dated a few years down the line
- the material should ideally fit its surroundings i.e a dark mahogany desk isn't going to look very good surrounded by pine bookshelves
- it needs to be sturdy and not fall to bits in a year
lots of things to think about
I still don't understand what you're doing that makes a cheap desk fall apart. I bought a crappy basic office desk for £30 when I was a student and 12 years later the legs are amazing still attached. Granted I don't climb on it, lean on it or kick it about... I'm sure it would break if I was clumsy with it but failing that it will probably be here i another 12 years... it's dull but it's buried under stuff so you can't see it
The kitchen counter thing is a decent call too, you can buy adjustable height legs and all kinds of extra bits to make it into a 'real' desk.Originally posted by MaryPoppinsI'd still not breastfeed a naziOriginally posted by vetranUrine is quite nourishingComment
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Originally posted by d000hg View PostYes, after thousands of years of using chairs made out of bits of wood, suddenly we need a space-age £1000 chair for a poor little backs.
Alternatively you're a tosser with more money than brains and they saw you coming. Although even if you were a pauper you'd still have more money than brains...
HTH.
God will provide. Or does it only provide flat pack budget stuff from Argos?Hard Brexit now!
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Originally posted by sasguru View PostOh diddums. If you pray hard enough, maybe you too will get wealthy enough to buy nice stuff.
God will provide. Or does it only provide flat pack budget stuff from Argos?Originally posted by MaryPoppinsI'd still not breastfeed a naziOriginally posted by vetranUrine is quite nourishingComment
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Originally posted by d000hg View PostWhen did I say I wasn't wealthy? I CHOOSE not to spend money on stuff I don't need rather than just spending money because I can. There's a saying about a fool and his money which seems to apply in your case. Perhaps you should learn some self-discipline.
There's also a saying about fools who know the cost of everything and the value of nothing.
I have top of the range chairs, beds and mattresses, and shoes. Why? Because I'm in or on them most of my life.
But in any case you stick with your studenty Argos furniture if it makes you happy. Why are you even in this thread? Perhaps you ought to start a new thread, "Designing an office on the cheap with no taste"?Last edited by sasguru; 15 August 2012, 13:39.Hard Brexit now!
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Originally posted by sasguru View PostMethinks thou protesteth too much.
You carry on using your money to make up for the rest of your life, but it sounds like even all that wealth is barely keeping you happy considering you spend your retirement telling people on the internet how great and happy you are.
Now that smells of protesting too much.Originally posted by MaryPoppinsI'd still not breastfeed a naziOriginally posted by vetranUrine is quite nourishingComment
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Originally posted by d000hg View PostSaying something once isn't 'too much'.
You carry on using your money to make up for the rest of your life, but it sounds like even all that wealth is barely keeping you happy considering you spend your retirement telling people on the internet how great and happy you are.
Now that smells of protesting too much.
You can't imagine that people can be happier than you.
I am enjoying my life, thank you very much, it couldn't be better.Hard Brexit now!
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ladies , ladies, you're going off topic
what about ideas for the design of my new office !!
if you've setup or designed an office I'm very interested in knowing how you went about it and what you decided on getting.
if you want to discuss how happy, rich or religious you are or are not then form another thread or save it for group
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Originally posted by chef View Postladies , ladies, you're going off topic
what about ideas for the design of my new office !!
if you've setup or designed an office I'm very interested in knowing how you went about it and what you decided on getting.
if you want to discuss how happy, rich or religious you are or are not then form another thread or save it for group
thank you
So yes I have a refurbished Herman Miller chair, the desk I posted a link to (which is sturdy and large enough for my needs - I like that there's nothing underneath) and some matching John Lewis Agatha bookshelves which are cheap but above average in sturdiness.
For paper storage I've just got a massive big office cabinet.
Very functional and looks it - suits me.Hard Brexit now!
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Originally posted by sasguru View PostYeah, sorry.
So yes I have a refurbished Herman Miller chair, the desk I posted a link to (which is sturdy and large enough for my needs - I like that there's nothing underneath) and some matching John Lewis Agatha bookshelves which are cheap but above average in sturdiness.
For paper storage I've just got a massive big office cabinet.
Very functional and looks it - suits me.Comment
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