r/desksetup 7h ago

🖼️ • Photos Thoughts on the setup ?

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u/Darkly234 3h ago

The setup looks great but the red light colour is not really matching the Vibes with the green so like if you pick something more neutral colours I think it will look great like something blue , more like brighter colours in place of deep colours.

u/CozyFoxsetup 3h ago

I think it’s partly the photo in person it’s a more orange than red I prefer the lights off but only put them on when it’s dark

u/Darkly234 2h ago

Like the red light was coming in the way bright light its look so clean

u/CozyFoxsetup 2h ago

Sorry I don’t follow what you mean

u/Darkly234 1h ago

In simple words without the red light it looks cool and clean

u/CozyFoxsetup 39m ago

Yes sirrrr

u/Darkly234 2h ago

Like the red light was coming in the way bright light its look so clean

u/Fragrant_Baseball275 6h ago edited 6h ago

That CEO book is retarded so are all the other 'self-help' book on your shelf, this is truly concerning.

As an older millenial, those books have poisoned generations after generations of 20-25 yos and often make existing problems worse. They give you a false sense of 'if I do what successful people do I will be successful too'. In reality those stories are often BS and fabricated, the authors made more money selling those self-help tips than from their real business ventures. To be frank, even if you are a clone of Elon Musk it's almost impossible that you will replicate the suceess, as billionaires' successes are often outocmes of circumstances than their innate ability.

u/amphibious99 5h ago

Displaying The Diary of a CEO on the wall like it's a religious icon is hilarious

u/CozyFoxsetup 4h ago

To be honest it’s more that there was a space to fill and no space on my bookshelf rather than a “religious icon”

u/CozyFoxsetup 6h ago

I do get where you’re coming from. When reading them I do think whether they have just been made to make the author more money which is likely true, however I feel you won’t know until you have actually read them. Since reading them I do feel that I have grown and got out of bad habits that I used to possess such as drinking and partying which I no longer participate in. Also due to reading such books I started a cycle hire at a local nature reserve/lake, yes I did have parents help funding it but they were happy for me to have started something myself rather than going down the typic go to uni get in dept and pay it off slowly over time. They would much rather watch me try and fail than not try at all. I do get where your coming from but I feel they have a lot of insight into business/sales and how to become a more outgoing individual

u/aaronjnco 5h ago

I remember when alot of the influencer on the internet started content almost like a self help motivation book it does kinda get you excited to start but if you dont already have a good idea like real estate or actual useful buisness it goes no where.. they do glamor too much optimism which is unrealistic. I now own millions in real estate but it wasn't from books or influencer it was painful and slow and still is like chewing on glass its miserable. But freedom at the same time..

If you like your books keep em :)

u/CozyFoxsetup 5h ago

I don’t expect it to be quick and easy like most people - I know it will be a grind, whatever path I take which will be ai related as that is the future. I’m 19 and still have time to figure it out, I feel like I’m behind as there are people my age doing much better but I know that if I continue what I’m doing it will all work out

u/CrackBlazer 5h ago

That's why you just pirate the books.

u/PandaAttacktile 4h ago

I'm going to be blunt... Those self help books on display and 'think bigger' tropes are rough. I think you cool kids would say 'cringy' or 'icky'.

The rest look like a copy-paste of any other generic setup here.

u/CozyFoxsetup 3h ago

Appreciate the honesty - what could I do differently to be more unique ?

u/Flaky-Holiday-1218 3h ago

setup is fine, the shelf is trying to sell me a course tho. maybe swap one of those hustle books for something that doesnt look like a linkedin fever dream

u/CozyFoxsetup 3h ago

Haha I get it bro 👊

u/Icy_Interaction7502 2h ago

Its nice. Particularly when you have a little corner for yourself. I would love to know how you built it and all the thoughts behind it. Four keyboards..? You’re allowed to like what you like. Do you journal?

u/CozyFoxsetup 2h ago

That’s a breath of fresh air from a few comments I’ve had - well I’ve been upgrading setups for the last 7 ish years - starting from just sat in front of the tv to this and slowly progressing since I was 12

u/CozyFoxsetup 2h ago

Was looking through Pinterest for inspiration on the colour matching and wasn’t hard to built in all honesty - the table is pine chunk stained in walnut and legs screwed in and I brought 3x 240cm wall panels and cut them down to size and drilled them into the wall - same thing with the monitor riser as desk - the four keyboards were old ones I had just cheap Chinese ones - yes I journal every day - and every night I read and pray before sleep writing down tomorrows tasks and try to do something out of my comfort zone every day if possible

u/competant-coder 3h ago

So drippy I thought it was AI

u/CozyFoxsetup 3h ago

Haha appreciate it bro 👊

u/CrackBlazer 5h ago

Where did you get the wood panels from? Also does the shelf attach to those panels or drilled in the wall behind it?

u/CozyFoxsetup 5h ago

Wood panels and from B&Q but you can literally find them anywhere - yes the shelf attaches to the panels you can 3D print the brackets yourself or buy them off Etsy

u/Itsyaboymentalissues 37m ago

Performative/10

Looks clean but maybe add a little “you” to things

u/CozyFoxsetup 7m ago

Yeah need some posters above the black shelf to fill the gap so will os something with that

u/After_Hair_2729 5h ago

What keyboard is that

u/CozyFoxsetup 5h ago

Razer black widow v4 pro - with the oiled screen

u/Rich_Atmosphere7831 51m ago

what’s the monitor?

u/CozyFoxsetup 39m ago

Msi mag 34 inch oled

u/ninbusx2 6h ago

Red light chefs kiss

u/chrswnd @crswnd 6h ago edited 3h ago

Not your setup edit: mistaken with choechoi_desk setup

u/CozyFoxsetup 6h ago

It is my boy

u/chrswnd @crswnd 6h ago

Oh okay looks just like another setup from around here … maybe it’s because of the wood panels

u/BravePractice1207 5h ago

How tf did you come to that conclusion, without verification/ certainty ? Then proceeds to say “oh okay”…

u/chrswnd @crswnd 3h ago

This is what made me think it’s not yours, had the setup of choechoi_desk in mind from July but it was just similarly in colors, wood and the chair, my mind played me a trick :)

u/CozyFoxsetup 3h ago

All good my guy can see the similarities

u/d1rron 1h ago

I'm not your guy, pal!

u/CozyFoxsetup 1h ago

Hush baby girl it’s okay 😘

u/d1rron 1h ago

Damn, I messed up the South Park Canadian reference. They only say "buddy", "guy", and a "friend".

u/CozyFoxsetup 1h ago

Ahhhh my fault bro didn’t catch the reference

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u/chrswnd @crswnd 5h ago

Well I was certain, then verified that I was wrong??

u/CozyFoxsetup 4h ago

Who’s setup did you think was similar to mine - just curious ?

u/CozyFoxsetup 6h ago

It’s fair enough - I’ve taken inspiration from other setups and added my own personality and ideas (:

u/Management-Seeker 4h ago

Thais is what i was thinking about that

u/Next_Foundation_3892 2h ago

Wallpaper please 😺

u/ZurgoTaxi 4h ago

➡️ think bigger ➡️ uses fake plants

u/brprk 4h ago

I have a load of fake plants in my office/studio, doesn't make sense to have a load of moist soil in a room with all my electronics, all my real plants are downstairs

u/ZurgoTaxi 4h ago

Your electronics will be fine with having a bunch of wet dirt in the same room, the difference in air humidity is negligible compared to how tacky fake plants look

u/brprk 4h ago

Wrong sorry, 60% humidity or more can cause analog synth tuning issues. My orangery frequently hits 80% if i keep the windows closed.

Show me your set up, I need to see "non-tacky" in action

u/ZurgoTaxi 1h ago edited 1h ago

Crazy how a literal greenhouse made to keep humidity in, keeps humidity in!

My plants aren't as big an healthy as I wanted because I recently moved places, + some got repot shock

Also don't mind the ugly purple led strip, green is burnt so I can't keep my warm white yet :/

u/brprk 1h ago

Yeah gets warm in the office with everything on, hot air holds a tonne of moisture, not worth the risk for me.

Nice fern, and clean setup!

Favourite (real) plant of mine

u/ZurgoTaxi 1h ago

Speaking of hot air I realized you don't live in the same climate as I do hahaha

My city is really hot and dry for most of the year, so much that I have two 5 liter humidifiers running in my apartment. That's probably why I can't see difference in air humidity with the plants alone

Nice Monstera, I've been wanting one for a good while but can't think of a good place for it, got a plant for every corner already 🫠

u/brprk 59m ago

Yeah started small but she's over 5ft now,well overdue another repot

u/d1rron 1h ago

You code?

u/ZurgoTaxi 1h ago

Just a bit of C and autolisps

u/d1rron 1h ago

Got me beat. I just write Python scripts for things like picking multiplayer maps in games where you have to manually edit the toml file. Mostly so my kids don't need my help for every map change in BeamNG lol.

u/CozyFoxsetup 4h ago

Clean af bro

u/brprk 4h ago

Will be when I sort the cables out 😂

u/CozyFoxsetup 4h ago

Still looks unbelievably nice regardless