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aloysiusducat•

First of all, you need to declutter! Are you actually using all the stuff on the shelves? As someone who also needs to declutter, I'm willing to bet you have a box of cords somewhere in there that you have no idea what they go to.

I would move the desk to the opposite wall, so if you're looking at pic 4, where the half ball chair thing is. The wall would be at your back and if you were walking out of the closet, you'd see the back of the computer monitors if that makes sense. That way the light from the window won't glare on your screens.

I'd get rid of the area rug on top of the carpet.

I know it can be expensive, but if you have it in you, you can do the ikea billy bookcase DIY built-ins In the corner nook where your desk currently is. Include some closed cabinets so you can hide some of the clutter. In the corner where the globe is and that black shelf, I'd get a nice accent chair and caddy corner it there with a small table next to it and a floor lamp behind the chair. If you can, get rid of the ceiling nipple light and get something more classy.

Put a big plant like a fiddle leaf in front of the center window where it dips in slightly.

Do you haaaaave to keep the lime green shelves? Could you paint them black? or white?

Stop hanging coats on your french doors. You have a whole walk-in closet. Put them there.

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iconboyOP•

Hello, thanks so much for the thoughtful post. YES! i need to declutter those shelves. hopefully i can get it so that its only the printer and some books on there. the printer is networked so its nice for the kids to print anything from anywhere in the house and then just walk upto the printer and retrieve their print. that rug is temporarily there, totally agree needs to go. im trying to wrap my head around your desk placement suggestion. i drfew some sketches of what i think you mean and i was hoping you could take a look at them? im trying to figure out how to upload them and send links here....

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i love the colour GREEN!!! and im an xbox guy. you can see the xbox on the green shelves, but honestly if i need to im willing to even just take them right off the wall. please tell me more about the diy billybook case project, is it an enclosure?

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ill make the changes based on your suggestions and up date with pictures! thanks for your help and time!! appreciate it!!

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aloysiusducat•

Sorry yeah that was confusing - here's what I mean about the desk: https://imgur.com/a/uDoAUEe.

You know what, if you love the bright green then by god keep it! It's your room, decorate it with colors that make you happy! You could even lean into the bright colors and get a colorful painting to go on the wall behind the desk chair. That way it won't be a muted color room with only random bright green shelves.

Here's an example of the billy bookcase hack: https://thesommerhome.com/billy-bookcase-hack-tutorial/ but if you google billy bookcase built in, you can see a bunch of different ways to do it, it's very customizable. Ever since this hack exploded on the internet it's been harder to get your hands on the billy bookcase and its components though unfortunately.

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iconboyOP•

omg thanks for another great post! i was super busy with the kids today so i didnt get to make any changes! :( hopefully this weekend i can get some stuff done and update here with photos. the only thing i dont like about how you have the desk setup is that i like facing the door. or having the door on like a 45 degree angle at the most. haviong it all the way on the right or the left of me feels really awkward. just thinking about it now is giving me the creeps lol! the is one way i am thinking of doing and will update and ge t your input if you dont mine! :) thanks!

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aloysiusducat•

Can’t wait to see it!!

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iconboyOP•

https://imgur.com/a/COXXhbf

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iconboyOP•

I screwed up the post and my text didnt get posted! horray! lets see if i can recreate that amazing Tolkenesque description ... probablyyy not

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we moved into this house a year ago and ive moved things around 800 million times! ive heard that when planning an office and thinking of the placment of the desk and monitors, you should have a wall behind you, tyhe entry door infront of you and the windows to the right for a good "flow" , ive tried to keep this in mind while place things in the room. ive never been 100% happy, thats why the room is currently in a change phase lol

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im using this front bedroom/room thingy as an office. it has a walk in closet that i use for my clothes as well as a desk for detailed work like sodlering, painting minatures and glueing 3d prints together. 3d printer also here. the masterbedroom has a small closet so i let me wife take the whole space up because i dont have that many clothes and honestly i kinda like having a changing, private area.

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People will say the deskl might be too big for the space, but i LOVEEE a big open desktop , it allows me to move the cintiq around and move the keyboard and mouse to different postions for different games.

i mostly do illustarion stuff, video editing and audio podcasting. I would love to start video streaming, so a shelf in front would be great for camera and lights, but i think this can also be resolved with stands.

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