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My two-part desk setup (2025)

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Re: My two-part desk setup (2025)

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Post by nine_k »

3eb7988a1663 wrote: post #37
lifty wrote: post #27

Earlier quoted context omitted.

He’s a software engineer with taste. I know taste is subjective but I happen to like he’s taste.

Ehh, I find it difficult to distinguish between "taste" and "money". The shelving alone is a "contact us for pricing" situation. Premium items coupled with a too-clean-to-be-used work environment and natural light can do a significant lift in the "taste" department.

I know a person with a very good taste; his apartment is even emptier and cleaner than this. He's actually good at his job. Some people just find it actually comfortable. I'm not one of them, but these are real people, not posers.

Re: My two-part desk setup (2025)

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Post by PunchyHamster »

porphyra wrote: post #74
mattlondon wrote: post #67

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How is this shelving any better than what you can buy from say IKEA? I've got wooden IKEA shelves in my shed and they take serious abuse of big heavy tools, lawn mowers, car batteries, paint cans etc being non-carefully put/clattered away and they're holding up 100% after years. I can't imagine any normal shelves needing to be "well made" to support a few magazines and a toy model Porsche? Or is this just a "because…

I mean, you can say that about any luxury good right? It just looks nice and makes you feel good. IKEA doesn't actually make any modular wall shelves like that anymore, after discontinuing the SVALNÄS. For a wall mounted shelf on a budget you could go for the Elfa system or the Fasttrack one.

But those don't even look good. Like, I thought it was some IKEA series that I didn't knew, just raw aluminum profiles + some uninteresting shelving

Re: My two-part desk setup (2025)

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Post by PunchyHamster »

mrweasel wrote: post #30
porphyra wrote: post #24

Wow this guy has the 606 Vitsoe Universal shelving [1] and USM Haller desk [2] A dream setup. [1] https://www.vitsoe.com/us/606 [2] https://us.usm.com/collections/tables-desks

The Vitsoe shelving is the goal for my office, but the initial cost is just so high. I know it will last me the rest of my life, and I should just have bought it when I first wanted it 15 years ago. The chairs in front of the desk might be a pair of Vitsoe 620 Chair Programme.

I mean if you like look of some raw profiles on the wall with plain white shelving, not sure why you want to pay extra for it

Re: My two-part desk setup (2025)

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Post by priorcod »

normie3000 wrote: post #48
porphyra wrote: post #24

Wow this guy has the 606 Vitsoe Universal shelving [1] and USM Haller desk [2] A dream setup. [1] https://www.vitsoe.com/us/606 [2] https://us.usm.com/collections/tables-desks

Are there compatible alternatives to this shelving without the price tag?

search Reglraum ON-WALL. Few options, recently purchased the wood one with black frame. It's great quality and a fraction of the price of Vitsœ

Re: My two-part desk setup (2025)

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Post by gblargg »

weego wrote: post #9

Adding another desk isn't "rethinking the desk". It's adding another desk with a slightly different purpose to the first desk. It's maximalism under the guise of insight.

He has an old picture of the desk against the wall. The new setup is the cluttered desk in center of the room. "Two-part desk" actually means a one-part desk, the source of your confusion probably.

Re: My two-part desk setup (2025)

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Post by gblargg »

rogerrogerr wrote: post #31
866-RON-0-FEZ wrote: post #28

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I don't know when's the last time you handled an Edison base LED bulb but they get really goddamn hot at the base where they cram all the improperly-cooled electronics into an area the size of a thumbnail. You're literally arguing that rice paper is an acceptable material for electrical safety. Frayed cord, damaged/defective socket, the list of potential ignition sources goes on but hey let's wrap it all in dry grass…

Looks like this is the product: https://www.ikea.com/us/en/p/gullsudare-pendant-lamp-shade-w... They pair it with a 2.8W bulb: https://www.ikea.com/us/en/p/solhetta-led-bulb-e26-450-lumen... Less than an ancient phone charger. OP’s flat will be fine.

2.8W when it's operating properly.

Re: My two-part desk setup (2025)

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Post by gblargg »

gib444 wrote: post #85

This motivated me to clean my desk, and turn it around so I'm facing away from the glare and out towards the room (now with a glimpse of view outside instead of the wall). \o/

I think his before desk was better, just a clean surface with monitor and speakers, ready to start a new task fresh.

Re: My two-part desk setup (2025)

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Post by data-ottawa »

mattlondon wrote: post #67
porphyra wrote: post #24

Wow this guy has the 606 Vitsoe Universal shelving [1] and USM Haller desk [2] A dream setup. [1] https://www.vitsoe.com/us/606 [2] https://us.usm.com/collections/tables-desks

How is this shelving any better than what you can buy from say IKEA? I've got wooden IKEA shelves in my shed and they take serious abuse of big heavy tools, lawn mowers, car batteries, paint cans etc being non-carefully put/clattered away and they're holding up 100% after years. I can't imagine any normal shelves needing to be "well made" to support a few magazines and a toy model Porsche? Or is this just a "because…

This is a philosophical question that goes back millennia. It just comes down to what sparks joy for you, and how much do you value that.

I have an Eames lounger. It was absurdly expensive and doesn’t even have a recline lever. But, it sparks joy. I like how it looks, I find it comfortable.

When I was a student I went to a furniture store with a friend and I sat in this chair, not knowing who Eames was or the price tag, and I loved immediately. It felt like sitting in a cloud. When I saw the price tag I said if I ever make it I’m buying this chair.

I worked a long time to buy it and it represents a non tangible journey to me.

But I also feel like an ass, because it was absurdly expensive and a total luxury and people are going hungry every day. My mom would slap my head if she knew what I paid.

Re: My two-part desk setup (2025)

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Post by harrall »

porphyra wrote: post #24

Wow this guy has the 606 Vitsoe Universal shelving [1] and USM Haller desk [2] A dream setup. [1] https://www.vitsoe.com/us/606 [2] https://us.usm.com/collections/tables-desks

The closest IKEA equivalent is the IVAR.

Between IVAR and now this 606, I actually don’t know any other non-garage-oriented “universal” shelving systems where you can like mix and match drawers, shelves, tables, etc.

I have IVAR in my office and it’s great.

Re: My two-part desk setup (2025)

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Post by sdevonoes »

nine_k wrote: post #87
RyeCombinator wrote: post #49

Earlier quoted context omitted.

He is a software engineer with taste and the financial means.

Being a software engineer usually gives you enough money to afford a nice desk if you care about it.

But not enough to afford an office room with enough space that one can put their desk facing space.
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