I suppose that's alright if you just use a small laptop for work, but if you like to hook up a monitor or a full-sized keyboard, that would be pretty cramped. I'm not even sure it would be roomy enough for a Macbook Pro.

For a small footprint desk for my ridiculously narrow home office, I use the modular commercial "wire" shelving with a 12"-wide butcher block on top. Works great and is cheap and has a nice clean industrial look. And it fits a computer, monitor and keyboard.

weatherman

Once the power strip and USB cables come into play, you won't be able to see much of the desk anymore.

Iron Man Underoos

Ikea's had something like this for a while:

[www.ikea.com]

Oddly and unlike most of Ikea's stuff, its cheaper in Canada.

Its high time that desks conform to minimalist design and stop being made as if to support CRT monitors.

SAN66

It reminds me of the drop down "wall desks" they have in medical facilities. Small desks/office spaces like this are also gaining popularity in new home kitchens, which have been the "home office" for centuries.

Curves

Three cheers to jamming your knees into the wall every time you go the desk!!
HIP HIP! HOOORAAAY
HIP HIP! HOOORAAAY!
HIP...HIP...guys?

shenanigans61

This is the equivalent of Milton being moved to the basement and his Swingline being taken away from him.

DaiWalka

It seems to me that if you want something that's small and portable, it would be easier to just use a TV Stand. That way, you can just fold it out of the way and place behind a door when you're done.

SBM_from_LA

So, why do so many people see this post as "computer desk" when "computer" isn't mentioned at all? The desk doesn't say anything about CRT monitors, power strips, USB cables, and the like.

It's a DESK. You know, where you sit and read, write, maybe balance your checkbook. Last I heard, computers were optional.

jswilson64

@92BuickLeSabre: This ones ugly too. It looks like someone sawed off two ski poles and glued them to a formed piece of 80's faux wood particle board.

The Ikea one includes a compartment for hiding all your chargers/wires and is nicer looking IMO

SAN66

Damn. I was looking for something like this for ages. Finally got something custom made (and ultimately much larger), but this would have been perfect.

'Sgorgeous.

92BuickLeSabre

@SAN66: Except that Ikea's is u-g-l-y.

92BuickLeSabre

Duct Tape your laptop to the wall and you'r all set :-)

ericslaw

@jswilson64: Who works without a computer these days? I mean, sure there are times when I don't use a computer but if I'm putting a desk in my "home office" it had better be big enough for me to at least put a computer on. And that's the problem with this desk; it doesn't take into account the way that most people actually work, and the fact that many of the tools we use do have power cables. So this elegant design with a few pieces of handmade, organic paper strewn about quickly becomes a cluttered, ugly mess when installed in a real home where real work gets done.

So I'm not saying this is being promoted as a computer desk, but that any desk that goes in my home should elegantly accommodate a computer. What you have in you home, and how you work, is up to you.

weatherman

@jswilson64: "sit and read, write, maybe balance your checkbook"

I use computers for all that stuff. Well, not the sitting, but everything else.

dc-united

one piece laminated wood? seems contrary.

as far as the desk goes, good until the first time you kick it down, then it become recycling, or gets screwed to the wall.

godwhacker

You know it's time to quit your job when...

ripfire

"office nookie" + "stain resistant" ... uh ... oh ... "strain"? ... um ... nevermind.

robbo

This one from Anthro is even smaller.

[www.anthro.com]

obeisance

Sorry, SAN66. No room for subjectivity on this one.

92BuickLeSabre

Happy I'm not the only one who uses a tray for my home office :-D Got an $11 bamboo cutting board, 21x17" I think, at Ross. Upside down it works _perfectly_ as a surface for my laptop, with room for a mouse.

Can you say "working from your bed or the floor?"

No I don't mind laying on the floor..

Monsterdog

wouldn't it be even simpler and more mundane without the legs?

thedarkhorse

I would have put another leg on the edge that touches the wall, just to be safe.

Or, add another rail at the bottom like a Z shape.

MichaelScrip

Those damn Jonas brothers can't stop making money!

jukeboxhero

@Monsterdog: :-)

Kit Eaton

this is what will eventually happen to anyone who gets one of these...
the phone rings, or you get a sudden urge to pee or something, you get up quickly, catch your foot on one of the legs, and next hing you know you are cleaning up your desk items from the floor.
it would happen to me at least once a day until i decide to turn it into a sled or something...

HawaiianActor

@SAN66: I used Ikea's Ivar bookcase and hinged two shelves together to make a flip-up keyboard tray that sticks out far enough (just) to be comfortable. I went with flip-up instead of drop-down because (1) I wanted the monitor to be visible and (2) I wanted to block most of the light from the PC (micro-ATX cube style case) and accessories sitting on the shelf below when I'm not at the PC. Works great and room for lots of books for research.

hnkelley