More and more people are relying exclusively on laptops nowadays. Students, business people, road warriors, IT professionals, there is a clear trend that being mobile with your rig is necessary in the modern age. With laptops, you need laptop accessories. Some people find them indispensable. Others try to work out simple ways of getting by without them. We found that this little project helped dealing with some of the issues of using a laptop day in day out. The position it uses is similar to expensive laptop stands.
Being on a budget is never easy, especially when you are a student or living in a foreign city. Tullytully is currently living in Beijing China, where space is at a premium. He plans on moving to Taiwan soon, so there is actually no use in buying lots of furniture since he can't take it with him. He came up with a way to make a cool DIY laptop stand from a coat hanger. Yep, that's right, a simple metal coat hanger! Read on to find out more.
The only part that you'll need for this build is a coat hanger, which is quite surprising. That's all. Tullytully used a chrome plated coat hanger. He mentions that the sturdier it is, the better the build will be. This build is made to work with an external keyboard and mouse, like most ergonomic laptop stands. You'll also need a corner of a desk to anchor your stand to. 
You start off by bending the bottom of the coat hanger. Then you need to bend it perpendicular to the other bend, so that it holds the laptop. You'll repeat this on the other side. Now it's time to make your laptop fit into the bends. You'll need to do some minor adjustments so that it fits in snugly. You can now bend the hanger itself to serve as a support to your stand. 
We found this build extremely simple and great to use around the house when you don't want to spend $80 to $200 on a laptop stand or a docking station. Another thing with this nifty stand is that it's almost invisible. You have to look really carefully to see what's behind it. At first glance, no one will notice it. In fact, it actually makes the laptop seemingly float on air. This effect is heightened with Tullytully's home office, since he uses a glass desk and his laptop is right next to large windows. 
