Standing Desk Improvisation Inspiration with Little Perspiration

๐Ÿ“† 2013-04-09 ย |ย  #desk hack, ikea, meltmedia, office upgrade, standing desk

Hacking together a standing desk from Ikea parts.

Today at the office, I walked by a coworker's desk and something was different: She'd put an Ikea table and shelf together and set them on top of her desk. Nutty, at first glance. Purposeful, after 0.25 seconds of thought. Here's what I saw:

Stand-Up Desk at meltmedia

Stand-Up Desk at meltmedia

Kristian came across this article from Colin Nederkoorn's Blog with instructions on how to make your regular desk a standing or stand-up desk for only $22 with a couple of items from Ikea! Whatabargain!

Ikea Standing Desk for $22

Ikea Standing Desk for $22

What you're looking at is the Ikea "Lack" table and the Ikea "Ekby Viktor" shelf held together with zip-ties. Super-simple and super-effective and super-cheap compared to other solutions I've seen.

Stand-Up Desk Underside Showing Zip Ties

Stand-Up Desk Underside Showing Zip Ties

Ingenius. Of course, I would want motors, LCD height read-outs, bells, whistles and an M&Mยฎ dispenser, but I couldn't pull off all that for a lousy $22.

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