Home office progress pics

[Ekliptix]

Don't be afraid. It will be pimp as hell when I'm done. :bigpimp:

Before:
http://i18.photobucket.com/albums/b109/Ekliptix/before1.jpg

http://i18.photobucket.com/albums/b109/Ekliptix/before2.jpg

Day 1
Paint:
http://i18.photobucket.com/albums/b109/Ekliptix/during.jpg

http://i18.photobucket.com/albums/b109/Ekliptix/during2.jpg

Lazr
http://i18.photobucket.com/albums/b109/Ekliptix/lazr.jpg

http://i18.photobucket.com/albums/b109/Ekliptix/mount1.jpg

good for 1000lb each
http://i18.photobucket.com/albums/b109/Ekliptix/mount2.jpg

Table on. Lots more to do.
http://i18.photobucket.com/albums/b109/Ekliptix/table1.jpg

http://i18.photobucket.com/albums/b109/Ekliptix/table2.jpg

Day 2
Update:
-took down the masking tape
-Wall mounted the monitor
-Bought a chair
-Started assembling 1 of 2 stair shelves. They'll be wall mounted higher and converging towards the monitor.

http://i18.photobucket.com/albums/b109/Ekliptix/prog2.jpg

http://i18.photobucket.com/albums/b109/Ekliptix/Prog1.jpg

[van]

oh man im loving that!!

[Lo)2enz0]

looking better than mine

[FiveFreshFish]

Nice phone! Even has a thing to hold your pen. ;)

All you need now is a good chair mat.

[szw]

That is a pretty sweet phone. Is it actual rotary or one of the newer ones with buttons in a circle?

[Proboscis]

rotarys never go out of style

[djayz]

damn thats looking pretty nice already
keep us updated i want to see what that room looks like when finished.

also hows the LG monitor?...im thinking of picking one up to run along with the viewsonic

[Ekliptix]

It's an old rotory from my Grandmother. It works.

The LG seems fine. Nice and wide.

[topmade]

Good work, very nice. Where's the red stapler?

[Ekliptix]

Originally posted by topmade
Good work, very nice. Where's the red stapler?
I could only find a chrome one at staples. :cry:

[CarbonCopy]

Lookin good!

How big is that moniter anyways?

Good choice in colour too.

[Ekliptix]

20.4" LG.

BTW, the desk (10'x2'), desk mounting hardware, paint and painting equipment were $270 all togerther. Home depot ftw.

[JordanLotoski]

that color is horrible, the rest looks dope

[Ekliptix]

It's a love or hate color I guess, and you're a hater :D

[bigboom]

http://www.thinkgeek.com/homeoffice/gear/61b7/

here you go...a red swingline stapler. i love mine :)

[Ekliptix]

$22! I'll keep my $5, or buy some paint or kill something.

[joyridder]

that looks very good!

[saiyajin]

question about the stair shelves
saw them at ikea and wonder how they get mounted onto the walls :dunno:

[Ekliptix]

I have not mounted either of them yet, but there's a wall mounted peg that slides into each end of the stairs.
Their setup diagram only shows it being mounted like "WW", ie. horizontal. I plan to try it inclined = stairs.

I'll use drywall studs. 4 on each of the 2 peg brackets that go on either end of the shelf.

[Beanie_baby]

wow looks awesome. Now you just have to print out some of your awesome talent and put it on the walls.

[Ekliptix]

It doesn't 'print' out it ej....oh pictures.

I'll have to find just the right ones. Need some are in there for sure.

[l/l/rX]

man thats nice! i really like the kind of lighting you got going on there. :thumbsup: and i like the color to. nice and light. it'll be a nice warm feeling room in the summer, when you got the blinds open.

[EK 2.0]

dude I thought that was the BATphone...

[Ekliptix]

Had to custom mount the stairs. Will paint the silver L brackets white later.
http://i18.photobucket.com/albums/b109/Ekliptix/prog3.jpg
New Lights
http://i18.photobucket.com/albums/b109/Ekliptix/prog4.jpg
Both stairs up
http://i18.photobucket.com/albums/b109/Ekliptix/prog5.jpg
One of these on each side of the desk
http://i18.photobucket.com/albums/b109/Ekliptix/prog6.jpg
Ohhhhh :wackit:
http://i18.photobucket.com/albums/b109/Ekliptix/prog7.jpg

[asuth077]

I think you need to hang a picture or something in the center of the wall over the monitor between the shelfs.

Other than that it is pimped, I am loving the balance of it.

[BrknFngrs]

i love the glow that comes from behind the desk below the shelves. What are you using for the ambient light? Looks wicked:thumbsup:

[Ekliptix]

Originally posted by asuth077
I think you need to hang a picture or something in the center of the wall over the monitor between the shelfs.

Other than that it is pimped, I am loving the balance of it.

Thanks, I'm thinking of this:

http://www.ikea.com/PIAimages/62596_PE169714_S4.jpg

[Ekliptix]

Originally posted by BrknFngrs
i love the glow that comes from behind the desk below the shelves. What are you using for the ambient light? Looks wicked:thumbsup:
$20 florescent tubes from Ikea. Thanks!!! This is my first time attempting home improvement, it's addicting.

[mshaw]

that looks so sweet, wish mine computer room looked like that

[ZorroAMG]

Suggestions:

Use white silicone (paintable DAP at home depot) to make the shelves flush to the wall....it can be applied and then painted over with the blue to make a clean line.

Paint baseboard white to match the rest of the casings.

Choose a horizontal rectangular painting or piece of art to mirror and tie in teh long desk. Height should be eye level ( about the first set of brown boxes high.

Paint the white desk brackets the blue - creates more of a clean floating look

Silicone the desk to the side walls....more professional and finished look..

I've done a lot of renos, this is a great first Home Improvement job you've started and my advice is not meant to condescend...ENJOY!

[Ekliptix]

Wow, those are great ideas! I appreciate the help.
I'm having a tough time chosing a photo for above. I was actually thinking of making a bunch of wooden disks from a log (different diameters) and arranging them in a vertical line behind the monitor to the roof. The line would be a little wider then the width of the monitor, their color would be similar to that of the chair. Too much?

edit, I like your horizontal idea better.

[BerserkerCatSplat]

If you're having trouble choosing a photo, perhaps getting a frame that you can change the photo in would be a good idea. That way, whenever you get bored of the picture you can print out one of your shots and stick it in the frame. A Beyond member/photographer has that sort of idea, but throughout his whole house - he has all of his favorite shots from all over the world printed out in 8X10, and swaps them out whever he feels like a change of decor or subject. He must have at least 50 pictures in matching frames, just in the area of his house that I saw. I thought it was stellar, but my photo backlog isn't large enough to pull it off effectively.

[blueripper6]

will you come reno my house?

Nice work:bigpimp:

[Sorath]

holy fuck that looks sooo good, im jealous :(

[djayz]

or get a 42" and put a 1000+ picture slideshow on it :bigpimp:

haha now that would just make the room look crazy.

[adidas]

thats awesome man....props!

[black_radiation]

lookin good!

[hoamic11]

wow, very well done, me likey!!!!

wanna do something like that in my house too. hahahaha:thumbsup: :thumbsup: :D :thumbsup: :D :D

definitely hands down, looks great.

[DeeK]

Holy crap thats hawt.

[avow]

thanks for these plans. they gave me some great ideas for what i am going to do in my computer room as we develop the basement. :thumbsup: :thumbsup:

great work btw

[Gondi Stylez]

lookin' real good :D

[toyboy88]

sweet man great job...owns my desk for sure! :thumbsup:

[Street_Soldier]

Great idea!! And great job too!! If you dont mind me asking how much did the countertop cost for what length? I m thinking of doing something similar.

[Ekliptix]

$130 and 10' long at home depot.

I have only done a little more work on the room since the photos, but it's cleaned up now.
I'll get some more pics up when I make some more changes.

[CasperWho]

Awesome .. looks sweet! :thumbsup:

[Street_Soldier]

Originally posted by Ekliptix
$130 and 10' long at home depot.

I have only done a little more work on the room since the photos, but it's cleaned up now.
I'll get some more pics up when I make some more changes.

Do they custom cut it? Or did you cut it yourself?

[Proboscis]

still rockin that rotary?

[blinkme_210]

Looking good! Now I want to renovate my house, haha.

[Ekliptix]

Originally posted by Street_Soldier


Do they custom cut it? Or did you cut it yourself?
It came in that length. They have shorter sizes in stock too.

[legendboy]

good job man looks good, much too cheery for me tho. I prefer the dark dungeon look :)

[Ekliptix]

You could put a D&D poster up. :D

Wow, I can't believe I have not done more work on the office for 5 months. I managed to find some time today to do a little more:

I have not worked on the home office for months and months but I got around to doing some stuff today:

Bought the shelf at Ikea. It normally is used in the position seen here.
http://i18.photobucket.com/albums/b109/Ekliptix/home%20office/prog8.jpg

On it's side getting drilled
http://i18.photobucket.com/albums/b109/Ekliptix/home%20office/prog9.jpg

http://i18.photobucket.com/albums/b109/Ekliptix/home%20office/prog10.jpg

http://i18.photobucket.com/albums/b109/Ekliptix/home%20office/prog11.jpg
I'm picking up another L-bracket
http://i18.photobucket.com/albums/b109/Ekliptix/home%20office/prog12.jpg
Ohh, Graham like
http://i18.photobucket.com/albums/b109/Ekliptix/home%20office/prog13.jpg

http://i18.photobucket.com/albums/b109/Ekliptix/home%20office/prog14.jpg

http://i18.photobucket.com/albums/b109/Ekliptix/home%20office/prog15.jpg

http://i18.photobucket.com/albums/b109/Ekliptix/home%20office/prog16.jpg

http://i18.photobucket.com/albums/b109/Ekliptix/home%20office/prog17.jpg
I still need a photo/graphic to put above the monitor, something long.
http://i18.photobucket.com/albums/b109/Ekliptix/home%20office/prog18.jpg
I put the sledding calendar I've made for the past 3yrs on the wall.
http://i18.photobucket.com/albums/b109/Ekliptix/home%20office/prog19.jpg

[LuxCars]

wow that room looks absolutely amazing.

good job bro.

[benyl]

impressive!

[hoamic11]

wow, nicely done, so u only use 2 L brackets to hold up the shelf?

[Ekliptix]

They're good for 1000lbs each and I used 3 bolts on each into the wood behind the drywall, but I am buying a 3rd bracket tommorow.
I also have a couple small L brackets up top to keep the top tight to the wall.

[HiSpec]

where did u get those lights behind the desk?
Are they wall mounted or mounted to the desk?

looks very nice!!

[nismodrifter]

that shelf idea is PIMPz0rs omgt3hh4x!!!

[Ekliptix]

Ikea. $20 each. They're mounted behind the desk sitting on top of the L brackets that hold that table up (see pg one for those progress pics).

[KuruptEX]

wow that room looks amazing

[HiSpec]

ah so the desk doesn't sit flush with wall, isee.
Gotcha...

[Ekliptix]

Originally posted by HiSpec
ah so the desk doesn't sit flush with wall, isee.
Gotcha...
It can if I take the lights out.

[Xaroxantu Zero]

How big is this room anyway?

[hussein]

Are you planning on using anything for drawers?

[kaput]

.

[dezinr]

Christian Fletcher has some really great photgraphy prints as well.

www.christianfletcher.com.au

Nice work on the office.

[DNSDJS]

damn
that looks real nice

[D. Dub]

Wow nice job!!

Are you sure you're not gay??:D

[Speed_69]

Wow that room is amazing.

Great job on the creativity.
I wish i had a home office that looked like that :(

[cleancivic]

:hitit: all over

[A790]

:bigpimp: Looks fantastic man! Love the shelf/showcase idea.

[benyl]

Originally posted by D. Dub
Wow nice job!!

Are you sure you're not gay??:D

Why, are you wanting to hook up with him?

[EK 2.0]

Originally posted by D. Dub
Wow nice job!!

Are you sure you're not gay??:D



Originally posted by benyl

Why, are you wanting to hook up with him?




BOO-YA!!!!


and I think cleancivic wants a bite of the Gram Cracker too...


Originally posted by cleancivic
:hitit: all over

[Ekliptix]

Thanks for those photo links guys!!


Originally posted by Xaroxantu Zero
How big is this room anyway?
About 10x12'. Not especially big.


Originally posted by hussein
Are you planning on using anything for drawers?
I have the one thing under the shelves. The top 1/2 is for storing stuff and the bottom half is a file cabinet which I have not put the white cover on yet. I will probably end up getting something identical looking with just 2 level of storage space to put beside the first cabinet.


Originally posted by EK 2.0

BOO-YA!!!!

and I think cleancivic wants a bite of the Gram Cracker too...

You know, if pulling in hot tail was as easy as it seems to be for a gay guy, I'd be set for life.

[max_boost]

Whoa! Very nice :bigpimp:

[EK 2.0]

Originally posted by Ekliptix

You know, if pulling in hot tail was as easy as it seems to be for a gay guy, I'd be set for life.



hahah if you were set for life we could call you "Golden Gram"...hahaha...

[msommers]

Dude I'm really loving the office, very creative and colorful ideas! I just may have to do something similar :D Sooorry!

[403Gemini]

Im impresed man

it looks amazing.

[Ekliptix]

Originally posted by EK 2.0

hahah if you were set for life we could call you "Golden Gram"...hahaha...
dude, you're better then that. C'mon.

[EK 2.0]

Originally posted by Ekliptix

dude, you're better then that. C'mon.



haha...man that line was "Golden" haha...

[black_radiation]

What is the model of that shelving unit and where did you get those extruding pot lights from with the little molex connector on them ? (for the shelf, not behind the desk :P)

[Ekliptix]

All from Ikea about 5mo ago.

Link to the shelf
http://www.ikea.com/webapp/wcs/stores/servlet/ProductDisplay?topcategoryId=15561&catalogId=10103&storeId=3&langId=-15&parentCats=15561*15637*15648&categoryId=17059&productId=76566&chosenPartNumber=40103628

[D'z Nutz]

that looks pretty pimp man. Did you have building experience prior to this? Where did you get your ideas for some of this stuff? I think I could only get as creative as plywood on two cinder blocks and burning newspaper in an oil drum for lighting.

[roopi]

Where are the lights plugged into?

[Ekliptix]

Originally posted by roopi
Where are the lights plugged into?
The cord goes around the left side of the wall mounted shelf, along the bottom of it, then drops down behind that cabinet on the floor under the shelf where it plugs in. There's a switch included with the lighting kit (came in a 5 pack of lights), but I plan to wire it and the lights behind the desk into a wall switch.
http://i18.photobucket.com/albums/b109/Ekliptix/home%20office/prog19.jpg

[roopi]

Thanks. Looks good. :thumbsup:

[Ekliptix]

Originally posted by D'z Nutz
that looks pretty pimp man. Did you have building experience prior to this? Where did you get your ideas for some of this stuff? I think I could only get as creative as plywood on two cinder blocks and burning newspaper in an oil drum for lighting.
Thanks! No, I don't have any building experience. I hadn't actually painted a wall before, but it's pretty simple. Maskign stuff off takes the longest. For the color combo I was looking for a color to paint the room and I was flipping through one of the paint catalogs at Home Depot. There was a blue room with white accents and I remembered all the white stuff that Ikea had so I flipped through their catalog and wrote the names of the stuff down that might work (the staircase shelves mainly).

For the desk I knew what I wanted but wasn't sure where to get it. I thought about making it from plywood and then attaching laminent on it, but then I found the white table (already the perfect length) at Home Depot.

While at Ikea I was just waking around looking for stuff that might work. I came accross the big white shelf that's now on my wall and looked at it for about 15min trying to picture how I would mount it and how it would look in the room. I bought the pot lights and picture frames about 10 min later knowing how I'd use them. I actually wanted to fill the bottom 1/5th of the picture frames with sand since they're pics from the Bahamas but I got impatient yesterday and just mounted them w/o sand.

Before I even painted the room or mounted anything I drew a sketch out of what I wanted the desk area to look like. It came out pretty close.
http://i18.photobucket.com/albums/b109/Ekliptix/home%20office/sketch.jpg

I hope to removate/upgrade the whole house (My Brother and I live here). I'll probaby do my bedroom next and I have some ideas for it, totally different then the office. I travel to the US a lot now and get to go to a lot of resturants so I manage to see some cool design and lighting ideas that I hope to apply although I'll probably have to custom make a lot of it and there'll be a lot of trial and error since I have few tools.

It's fun stuff though, and not a bad way to spend a few bucks.

[stevo 27]

you dude thats sick props

[D. Dub]

Originally posted by benyl


Why, are you wanting to hook up with him?

Only if he decorates my house first :D

[Lex350]

you need to get some wire management for under the desk to clean things up.

[Ekliptix]

I've got a nice wire cleanup kit that I need to make use of. I'm waiting to decide how I'll mount the PC off the floor and hide the sub.

[Lex350]

Originally posted by Ekliptix
I've got a nice wire cleanup kit that I need to make use of. I'm waiting to decide how I'll mount the PC off the floor and hide the sub.


go to any of the office furniture dealerships in town

rgo
hbi
coi
mccrums


they will have a good selectioin of CPU caddy's you can get. They will range from about $80 to $200.


http://img148.imageshack.us/img148/6181/photocpu555wcpuod3.jpg


http://img266.imageshack.us/img266/270/photocpu555wocpuke5.jpg

[Ekliptix]

Hmmm, cool thanks!!