"Textured Soy Protein" (texturedsoyprotein)
10/11/2018 at 11:57 • Filed to: None
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"Textured Soy Protein" (texturedsoyprotein)
10/11/2018 at 11:57 • Filed to: None | 3
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When we first moved into our house, I had to sell my wife on the idea of a home office area. It’s not a dedicated room, but rather along the back wall in our basement/main tv watching room. But once she agreed to it she realized it was another thing for her to decorate (and for me to assemble, ugh).
The result is a mix of my wife’s sense of decor and my nerdiness. I’m fine that the nerdiness takes a back seat. And my wife likes that we have our handy Brother laser printer/scanner with document feeder that she’s been using to scan old photos for a video memory montage for her mom’s upcoming surprise birthday party that of course I am being wrangled into turning into a proper slideshow. I take that back, I was wrangled a long time ago .
I’d like to get a monitor at some point to plug my computer in to, but for now, this is nice. I have a GOT. DAMN. KEYBOARD. TRAY. and a stupid light-up keyboard, and a trackball.
I honestly don’t know if the plant on the buddha thing or whatever that is that my wife put there is real, but it adds to the vibe, and looking out the window at my back patio and trees beats a shitty office view.
Yes that is a bird silhouette sticker on the window. I told you my wife likes to decorate.
If you’re wondering why I’m getting to work from home, well, there’s stuff happening in the L and of J obbiness for me but that is a work in progress so for now I’m going to be all mysterious about that part.
The Dummy Gummy
> Textured Soy Protein
10/11/2018 at 12:46 |
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That’s a beautiful set up. Two suggestions for you, change out the seat for an ergo seat and get a bigger screen that sits eye level. Your body will appreciate it. I had a very similar set up as you. Two or three years in I switched it up when we moved and it was life changing.
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Textured Soy Protein
> The Dummy Gummy
10/11/2018 at 14:11 |
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Believe me, I’dd rather have a comfy cushy seat. My wife picked this for looks.
I only just recently got around to putting the file cabinet together. It had been sitting in the box and the printer was on the floor. Same with the keyboard tray. So I haven’t spent a ton of time hashing out the functional/ tech side of the equation.
So now I have to use it for a little while and then be like, “babe I really want a more comfortable chair to sit at for doing work,” and then there will be a back & forth negotiation over trying to find one that makes my back happy and doesn’t offend her sense of decor too much.
The monitor is another topic that I will have to work on. I suggested that at one point and she dothed protestethed greatly. We’d have to move that vertical shelf contraption she has back there now.
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The Dummy Gummy
> Textured Soy Protein
10/11/2018 at 14:15 |
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Take a look at ergo seat pads. You could hide it in a cabinet /closet. That’d help until you convert her. I literally had the same seat as you. That cushion slides around and your butt get’s numb after a while; totally feel your pain.
Solution for the monitor , just mount it to the back and lose the stand. Looks like you could probably fit a frameless 32" in there if you felt inclined. You’d have to go matte with all that light though.
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Textured Soy Protein
> The Dummy Gummy
10/11/2018 at 14:35 |
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The back there isn’t solid wood, it’s flimsy cardboard with a wood veneer. This is put-it-together grade stuff.
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The Dummy Gummy
> Textured Soy Protein
10/11/2018 at 14:41 |
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Install a support behind it :). I don’t know... trying to find a solution haha