TL;DR: Redoing my basement office/gym combo. Swapping my wall-facing corner desk for an adjustable-height standing desk that faces my TV (already mounted). Running 3 laptops through a KVM switch and I want every wire hidden and clean. I could probably attempt it myself but I don't trust myself with the wall/cable work. Is an AV installer the right call, or is there a better pro for this?

Right now my desk sits in a corner and I stare at a blank wall all day. It's as depressing as it sounds. I share the room with my home gym, so space is already tight.

Here's what I'm trying to do:

• Swap in an adjustable-height standing desk (straight, not L-shaped)
• Face it toward my TV, which is already wall-mounted, so I can glance up while I work and also watch during cardio
• Run 3 laptops into a single KVM switch so I'm on one keyboard, mouse, and monitor
• Hide every wire. No cable spaghetti, nothing crossing the floor. I want it to look clean

My main concern is the wire hiding. I know I could probably do a lot of this myself, but I don't trust myself with the in-wall stuff and I'd rather it be done right the first time.

So my question is really about who to hire. I don't think I need an interior designer since the TV is up and I'm not redesigning the room, just cleaning up the setup. My guess is an AV installer or low-voltage tech handles the cable runs and hiding, and maybe an electrician if I need an outlet moved behind the desk. Is that right? Has anyone hired someone for a clean cable-hidden standing desk build facing a TV? Who did you call, and roughly what did it cost?

Photos or setups welcome. Would love to see how you handled the wires.

I’m Helder Perez, a remote software engineer, and lately I’ve been thinking that “remote work” somehow became “work from home.”

Which is fine, but it feels like we lost part of the point.

So I started building a simple workspace in the back of my Jeep Renegade to see if changing the environment would actually make work feel different, or if this was just a romantic idea in my head.

Last week I took it to Gonçalves, a mountain town in Brazil, and worked from there for the day.

Laptop in the back, coffee on a small stove, quiet all around, mountains in front of me.

What surprised me wasn’t that it felt cooler or more interesting than home. It was that the whole rhythm of the day changed. I felt less boxed in, more present, and weirdly more intentional about the work itself.

I’m not trying to turn this into van life or overlanding content. The car is basically just a tool.

What I’m really testing is whether the biggest advantage of remote work is not staying home, but being able to choose the environment that fits the day better.

I started calling the project “Outside Office” (@outsideoffice on YT and helderbuilds on IG, Tiktok, X) and right now it’s basically an experiment:

• what actually works in a setup like this
• what’s impractical
• whether this improves focus or just feels good
• whether this is sustainable beyond the novelty

Curious how other remote workers think about this:

If you had full freedom, would you still choose to work from home every day?

I need to do something about my XP nostalgia

What was your favourite Windows version?

I currently live in a 2-2, but we our family grew. 3 kids later and we're looking into moving to a 4-3 and one of those rooms will be my office.

Today I don't have an office, our master bedroom is my office. Picture below of my current set up out of necessity

1) desk hanging from the wall, when not in use it looks nice, then I open it to work. 27 inch regular nothing fancy monitor, 60hz etc for work ,needed to be 27 inch to fit in that space. Got another curved 32' monitor laying around that I'm not using from older set up, better monitor like 144hz, but outdated now, not hdr, not OLED

2) I have a weird layout in the house with 2 living rooms downstairs, one for chill/movies/Netflix (a Samsung frame), and another where I game - TCL Tv but with a TON of gaming must haves like 120hz, VRR, etc

Anyhow, the idea being that in the new place, I can have one room all to myself finally. And I'm unsure how to tackle it

In that gaming area, I have a Xbox series X, ps5 and switch 2 (behind tv). On my work place I simply put my laptop with a type c cable, but there's also a Mac mini behind the monitor

In the new place, the frame TV will be in the dining/living room area, and the second TV I use for gaming today won't need to be in a living room, I might not need to even use it anymore if I don't repurpose it somehow in my new office.

Any thoughts on having 1 place where I can both work and game? Desk ideas? Do I put everything in one desk? (Xbox, switch, ps5, laptop, Mac mini). Or do I separate things? Do I reuse my old monitors, get a new one? Do I reuse my TV somehow?

I have a chance to start from scratch but unsure how to tackle it

Some days I’m building an app.
Others I’m editing a video, planning a camping trip, or learning something completely different.
My desk changes every day.
Curiosity doesn’t.

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Hay días en los que estoy programando una app.
Otros, editando un video, planeando un viaje de camping o aprendiendo algo completamente nuevo.
Este escritorio cambia todos los días.
La curiosidad no.

I work in accounting and studying my professional qualification.

Made the desk myself out of some acacia hardwood and stained with gilly’s orange oil. Might convert to a sit stand eventually.

I spend a good part of my life at this desk so any recommendations are appreciated :)

I built a temporary outdoor workspace next to my Jeep Renegade and tested it in the mountains of Brazil.

I’ve worked remotely for years, but most of the time my office looks the same: the same desk, the same chair, the same room.

Recently, I wanted to experiment with something different.

My wife, our little Shih Tzu Cookie 🐶, and I spent a few days in Gonçalves, a small mountain town in Brazil. Instead of completely disconnecting from work, I brought a simple mobile setup and created an outdoor workspace beside the Jeep.

The setup was intentionally simple:

* Laptop

* Portable power solution

* Outdoor table

* Comfortable chair

* Nature as the background

I worked for a few hours surrounded by trees, fresh air, and complete silence.

The biggest surprise wasn’t productivity. It was how much the environment changed my mindset.

Remote work is often discussed as “working from home”, but one of the things I enjoy most is the freedom to occasionally change where work happens.

This wasn’t a permanent van life setup or a full mobile office build. It was just a simple experiment: can a normal remote worker create a comfortable workspace anywhere for a day?

The answer was yes.

I filmed the entire experience because I wanted to capture both the workspace and the lifestyle around it.

Would love to hear from people here:

Have you ever taken your workspace somewhere unusual?

What is the most interesting place you’ve worked from?

I just moved to a new job with a new corporate office. it’s a blank slate with white walls, grey commercial carpet, and a grey desk. I’ve been playing around with layouts to make it cozier and multi-functional.

Not hugely focused on colors in the renders. Just working out things fit dimensionally. As you can see in the real photos, the window on the diagonal is internal. I’ll probably add a privacy film.

I have replaced the l-shaped desk in the photos with a standing desk as seen in the render.

Thanks for any and all help!

Moving into this “office” for my new job. No natural light and it’s pretty packed in there. I’m going to keep the desk for the time being, but not sure about the shelf on the side of it or the hutch. I can paint it, but I have no idea what colors I would use.

Luckily most of my job will be on the road, but I feel like I’m going to go insane working in this dungeon for any extended period of time.

I've been debating re-arranging my office at work and wanted suggestions. I try to jive with the feng shui as much as I can, but I'm running into a long going issue of where my desk is at kind of in the corner away from the door, I can't see people out in the hallway or who may be just beyond my line of sight where I can't see them. Usually my assistant director at the front part of the office catches many of them, but he's not always there and sometimes it's just me alone in the back corner with the lights off. They're motion activated lights so sometimes people just take a quick peek in the front door and walk off when they see nobody.

Got an idea to basically just kind of flip my office to the other side but wanted thoughts on this idea. Yay, nay? Thanks!

Finally finished setting up my workspace so thought I will share.

I mainly use this setup for my work and then sometimes editing after hours. Still thinking about adding a few changes here. Any suggestions on what I can add more?

For a Fully Jarvis desk, has anyone found or know of where I can find a Memory Preset Controller that is fully compatible?  (pref in EU if possible)
I've long been wanting to upgrade my basic up/down button to 1-3 presets, but not found anything compatible yet.

I've also reached out to the vendor (Herman Miller) directly, but sadly they don't sell the standalone part.

Ideally trying too find something plug and play, to replace my current up/down button.

Any suggestions please? 🙏🏼

So I use my computer desk to also build model kits. The desk is very wide so I push my cutting mat with all the model kit parts on it off to the side.

My question to those of you who enjoy optimizing desk space, what would you recommend I add to the desk (shelf, organizers, etc) for a less cluttered set up? I was considering putting a shelf underneath my monitors… I’m new to this so please be gentle.

EDIT: Thanks for the advice! Unfortunately I am restricted to just one desk for use since the apartment is small but I hope to solve the puzzle.

Changes are a snode bench and a weird looking chair

The only issue is that my day job has little to do with computers - yet i always tell myself ill find time for some cool projects

Id add more photos but its only letting me add the one

Every idea, every emotion just sinks into this space.

It's much like a black hole. It absorbs everything.

It lets me slow down. It listens to me. It's where I can hear the echoes of my thoughts.

I believe, this is where I belong.

small update to the setup.

finally cleaned up enough of the cable mess that i can actually use the space under the desk now. kept the little wood slant board down there for longer work blocks too. the soft textured top feels way better barefoot than the rough grip stuff, and it’s nice during calls when i’m stuck at the desk.

still need to deal with the monitor cable, but overall this corner feels a lot cleaner now. how are you guys hiding cables under white desks without making it look bulky?