# Do you have a "minimalist" desk space and/or home office? Show it off here! **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [March 27, 2012, 1:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-have-a-minimalist-desk-space-and-or-home-office-show-it-off-here/616904 "2012-03-27T01:24:21Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 15\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Reply](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/reply/32/15952_2.png) [@Reply](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Reply)\ **Post date:** [March 29, 2012, 4:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-have-a-minimalist-desk-space-and-or-home-office-show-it-off-here/616904/21 "2012-03-29T04:08:11Z")
> [@Trinopus](#): > > I’d never heard of biscuit joints before! Thank you! Can they actually hold weight? ---
**Author:** ![MissTake](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/misstake/32/3189_2.png) [@MissTake](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MissTake)\ **Post date:** [March 29, 2012, 5:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-have-a-minimalist-desk-space-and-or-home-office-show-it-off-here/616904/22 "2012-03-29T05:25:34Z")
My home office is my couch. The only clutter that occurs is when the cats try to assist me. I have a real office in my basement, but the wireless doesn’t extend very well, and it’s somewhat depressing down there. ---
**Author:** ![Sudden\_Kestrel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ecd19e/32.png) [@Sudden\_Kestrel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sudden_Kestrel)\ **Post date:** [March 29, 2012, 5:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-have-a-minimalist-desk-space-and-or-home-office-show-it-off-here/616904/23 "2012-03-29T05:49:38Z")
> [@Reply](#): > > Can they actually hold weight? So far (3 years), so good. The brackets that hold the shelf up are 24" deep, so they carry most of the weight. The part of the slab that is not directly supported by them only has to hold up the keyboards, mice, coffee cups, and occasionally a cat. ---
**Author:** ![qubed](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/f07891/32.png) [@qubed](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/qubed)\ **Post date:** [March 29, 2012, 6:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-have-a-minimalist-desk-space-and-or-home-office-show-it-off-here/616904/24 "2012-03-29T06:21:49Z")
This is my [home office](http://i.imgur.com/LATgQ.jpg). In real life, it’s actually not that much more cluttered. ---
**Author:** ![jabiru](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/bbce88/32.png) [@jabiru](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jabiru)\ **Post date:** [March 29, 2012, 8:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-have-a-minimalist-desk-space-and-or-home-office-show-it-off-here/616904/25 "2012-03-29T08:42:39Z")
I don’t have minimalist anything but I love threads like this one, where I can peek into other people’s lives and houses. Keep 'em coming. ---
**Author:** ![squeegee](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/squeegee/32/14537_2.png) [@squeegee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/squeegee)\ **Post date:** [March 30, 2012, 4:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-have-a-minimalist-desk-space-and-or-home-office-show-it-off-here/616904/26 "2012-03-30T04:00:32Z")
[Not very minimalist](http://i301.photobucket.com/albums/nn66/squeegee64/IMG_3859sm.jpg), but I do use 2-3 machines routinely to work, so it’s the best I was comfortable with. ---
**Author:** ![twickster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ec9cab/32.png) [@twickster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/twickster)\ **Post date:** [March 30, 2012, 2:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-have-a-minimalist-desk-space-and-or-home-office-show-it-off-here/616904/27 "2012-03-30T14:12:33Z")
[It’s not minimalist, but it’s small](http://s56.photobucket.com/albums/g161/twickster/home%20office/) – I use the bay window in my dining room. The trick has been figuring out ways to create the storage areas I need without having any actual walls. The desk was from Ikea about ten years ago, they probably no longer make it. Most of my working on paper is jotting notes and making lists, for which I use the steno pad next to the keyboard. If I’m working on an actual document of some sort, I use a clipboard. When I need to spread out papers, which is rare, I use the dining room table, which is in arm’s reach to my left. ---
**Author:** ![Moonlitherial](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/4bbf92/32.png) [@Moonlitherial](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Moonlitherial)\ **Post date:** [March 30, 2012, 3:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-have-a-minimalist-desk-space-and-or-home-office-show-it-off-here/616904/28 "2012-03-30T15:08:31Z")
Even though I’m not looking for minimalist I’ve been getting some great ideas from these. My new office will be 9’x9’10 and i’m thinking of making the desk myself to get the fit exactly correct. I need room for 2pc’s with 2 monitors each as well as space for the crazy amount of paper my work generates. ---
**Author:** ![Reply](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/reply/32/15952_2.png) [@Reply](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Reply)\ **Post date:** [March 30, 2012, 6:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-have-a-minimalist-desk-space-and-or-home-office-show-it-off-here/616904/29 "2012-03-30T18:34:48Z")
> [@twickster](#): > > [It’s not minimalist, but it’s small](http://s56.photobucket.com/albums/g161/twickster/home%20office/) – I use the bay window in my dining room. The trick has been figuring out ways to create the storage areas I need without having any actual walls. Love the lighting and the plants, but um, why the petroleum jelly next to the calendar? ---
**Author:** ![Covered\_In\_Bees](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/7ab992/32.png) [@Covered\_In\_Bees](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Covered_In_Bees)\ **Post date:** [March 30, 2012, 8:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-have-a-minimalist-desk-space-and-or-home-office-show-it-off-here/616904/30 "2012-03-30T20:26:20Z")
> [@squeegee](#): > > [Not very minimalist](http://i301.photobucket.com/albums/nn66/squeegee64/IMG_3859sm.jpg), but I do use 2-3 machines routinely to work, so it’s the best I was comfortable with. Nice stealth brag brah. When I get a second monitor, for my oh so important gaming, I’ll make sure to post a pic too. 🆒 ---
**Author:** ![ratatoskK](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ratatoskk/32/2987_2.png) [@ratatoskK](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ratatoskK)\ **Post date:** [March 30, 2012, 8:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-have-a-minimalist-desk-space-and-or-home-office-show-it-off-here/616904/31 "2012-03-30T20:50:44Z")
> [@qubed](#): > > This is my [home office](http://i.imgur.com/LATgQ.jpg). In real life, it’s actually not that much more cluttered. You get my vote for best home office!🙂 ---
**Author:** ![twickster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ec9cab/32.png) [@twickster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/twickster)\ **Post date:** [March 30, 2012, 10:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-have-a-minimalist-desk-space-and-or-home-office-show-it-off-here/616904/32 "2012-03-30T22:27:07Z")
> [@Reply](#): > > Love the lighting and the plants, but um, why the petroleum jelly next to the calendar? _Creamy_ petroleum jelly. 😉 It’s very intensive hand cream. ---
**Author:** ![Reply](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/reply/32/15952_2.png) [@Reply](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Reply)\ **Post date:** [March 30, 2012, 11:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-have-a-minimalist-desk-space-and-or-home-office-show-it-off-here/616904/33 "2012-03-30T23:26:49Z")
> [@twickster](#): > > _Creamy_ petroleum jelly. 😉 It’s very intensive hand cream. Gotta have smooth hands to change the date, no doubt. ---
**Author:** ![minor7flat5](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/minor7flat5/32/258_2.png) [@minor7flat5](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/minor7flat5)\ **Post date:** [March 31, 2012, 12:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-have-a-minimalist-desk-space-and-or-home-office-show-it-off-here/616904/34 "2012-03-31T00:28:00Z")
> [@squeegee](#): > > [Not very minimalist](http://i301.photobucket.com/albums/nn66/squeegee64/IMG_3859sm.jpg), but I do use 2-3 machines routinely to work, so it’s the best I was comfortable with. And you have a guitar, the sign of a happy workplace. ---
**Author:** ![pulykamell](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pulykamell/32/3166_2.png) [@pulykamell](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pulykamell)\ **Post date:** [March 31, 2012, 4:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-have-a-minimalist-desk-space-and-or-home-office-show-it-off-here/616904/35 "2012-03-31T16:19:19Z")
[This is my space.](http://www.pawinskiphotography.com/public/office-5.jpg) Took some work to hide all the cords and stuff out of the way, but it works for me. Could use a few splashes of color, though. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-have-a-minimalist-desk-space-and-or-home-office-show-it-off-here/616904.md?page=1)