Cables and desk clutter are often the bane of many people's home office experience. Decluttered.com demonstrates one way to get a handle on the situation by making clever use of a pegboard and wires. A pegboard is mounted on the underside of the desk and any routers, powerbars, modems and the like can be lifted off the ground and secured to the pegboard, bringing the plethora of associated cabling along for the ride.
Here is a nice, very detailed page with instructions on building a spacious, double layered desk for your home office. According to the site, the desk had to be spacious enough to hold a lot, including three 21 inch monitors, a mini fridge, a Nintendo 64, a DVD player, a receiver, 3 computer systems and a whole lot more. Not surprisingly, the designer couldn't find a desk on the market that met his criteria for under $300, so he built one himself.
If you're looking to consolidate the mess of wires and electronics in your home office, this might be the place to start. At a paltry 11 ounces, the cube impressively crams a 2.4GHz cordless speakerphone, an MP3 player and an FM radio (that pause automatically during calls) into a 3 1/4 inch cubed space. The unit comes complete with LCD screen, usb jack (w/cable) and SD card slot.
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