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A Nesting Office Set-Up

First there was One Less Desk, now there's One Less Office! The people who designed nesting steel desks, have now come up with a solution for people who have more than just a computer, monitor, keyb...

Beautiful Computer Desk Made from Old Door

Maine-based dog photographer Meredith Perdue's & Unlimited Dogs studio is what the British would colloquially call "the dog's bollocks", a beautifully decorated work area anchored by a stunning comput...

Tall and Sleek Workstation Tucks Away Desktop Tower

Another great find from Ikea's Swedish forum. The bar-style DIY workstation was made using MDF while the LCD screen was mounted on the wall using a Vesa mount. We love that Sundis' computer tower hid...

Table 180 Tucks All Your Desk Neccessities Away

The key to cutting down on visual clutter in a home is to have a place for everything and to keep everything in it's place. There could not be a more fitting motto for this desk concept. With Table 18...

Bluelounge StudioDesk for Laptop Users

It's like the folks over at BlueLounge read our mind (or our site, hopefully) about our search for a new desk when they emailed us today with this batch of photos of their new StudioDesk, a workspace...

Another Secretary Desk Turned Mini Home Office

Tucked within the house Candace shares with her hubby and two children in Hemnesberget, Norway is an adorable mini office hidden away in a secretary desk. "We actually have a much larger office spa...

Ferm Wallpaper Gives Home Office Depth

click for more pics Anna of Newburgh, NY has been renovating her home for quite some while now, and her back room turned home office has made some huge leaps forward. What started as a dirty old room...

ICFF 2009: Blu Dot's Minimalist Desk, Plus Sale Info

It ain't cheap – $700 – but it sure is purty. Seen at ICFF, Blu Dot's desk is made of polyurethane covered MDF with metal legs and features a sliding keyboard tray. Comes in both ivory and red....

15 Year Old Shocks Again
Upgrades Bedroom Office on Teenager Savings

click for more pics Remember that 15-year-old with the wicked bedroom office set-up? Well he just redecorated again! Lew needed a bigger desk and his TV was on its way out so he and his mom split the ...

Close-Up: A Toronto Rental Gets an Overhaul
Before & After

click for more pics Jason Simmons recently moved into a 680 square foot apartment in Toronto and updated it with his own personal flare. As many of you renters already know, myself included, the amou...

Side Wired Desk: Saves You the Trouble of Bending Over

We all have problems with wires. In a perfect world, everything would be unplggd, but since we can't have that yet, we have to find other solutions to manage the mess of wires that are found underneat...

The ShiftBrite Coffeetable: Flickering Lights For Any Ambiance

If you are looking for the perfect conversation starter piece, look no further. Once you start up this DIY LED table, people will just be stunned for a while before starting to talk about it. I've see...

Ikea Hack: Zen Laptop Table

If you are like most people, you're working more and more off your laptop. This liberates you from your desk, and makes you find different places to work. The trouble is that you need a nice flat surf...

Look! Desk for Typewriters Old and New

It's amazing how many things of the past you can turn into an office desk. Take the doctor's office examination table or the vintage morgue gurney we've found. Above, a desk with a little less of a g...

Mini Workstation: Fits in Rooms of Any Size

Have you ever found yourself wishing you had a compact workstation for the garden, the living room, or your room? Wonder no more, because the iMove is the perfect solution to your workstation related ...

DIY Project Foldaway Home Editing Suite

click for more pics Tony Fasciano is a documentary filmmaker who works on two laptops and a desktop in his home editing office. The set-up makes it possible for Tony to multitask, "I can play music t...

In Case You Missed It: Office Nook in a Dining Room

While this isn't a converted closet office, the office nook brought to us by Beth over at ATLA definitely addresses many of the same challenges: dealing with a small space while providing ample hidden...

The Robotic Table: Changes Height By Itself!

So this is the situation. There you are, at your coffee table, typing away. You're working on something and have decided to use the living room, instead of your office, because your living room is way...

Flickr Find: Herman Miller Brochure from 1966

For us here at unplggd, a vintage Herman Miller brochure pic is as good as a stretched Marimekko fabric. Easy on the eyes and wall worthy. Weird huh? There is just something so inviting about this ima...

Tech Tour: Geneva Estate Chock Full of Goodies

Name: WÃ¥gensjö / Herberger Location: Geneva suburb (France) Size: 2,368 sq ft + 40,000 square foot garden Years Lived In: Since March 2005 >> Enter Slideshow What originally drew us to WÃ¥gensjÃ...

Flickr Finds: David's Beautiful Desk

click for more picsMinimal mid century modern. I wish I could keep my desktop this clean all the time, but more importantly, I wish I had an Eames Aluminum Group management chair propping me up agains...

DIY Project: Streamlined Worktable with Hidden Compartment

click for more pics When Markus moved from Düsseldorf to Hamburg, he needed a desk that could hide all his peripherals to keep his tabletop clear of clutter. Since he couldn't find one that was alrea...

The Portable Office: When You Are on the Go and Need A Workspace

You know how it is. You are on the go somewhere in town and just wish that you'd have your own table and chair. Only, most of us just can't bring along ours with us. Or you need extra tables and chair...

Look! High Rise Coffee Table

We spend a lot of time working on our laptop in front of the TV. It's the equivalent of what we used to do in junior high -- watch Silver Spoons while doing our math homework. We tend to balance our ...

Tsigos Brings the Mungle Desk, Star Wars Influence

If Darth Vader were to own a desk, we imagine it would look something along the lines of the Mungle Office Desk by Greek designer Dimitrios Tsigos. Perhaps it's the proliferation of the geometrical sh...