Friday, April 3, 2020

Bamboo House - Reconfiguring a Wraparound Desk

Part of settling into Bamboo House means "tweaking" what is already there - a bunch of 20, 30...even 40 year old things that were too big or too customized for the place to be moved or even hope to fit in anywhere else.

A case in point is this wraparound desk, which visually defines the "Office".  This is by far the most attractive feature of Bamboo House, the ability to look out floor to ceiling glass doors when its hot and to open the office completely when the weather permits.

Only one problem - the desk was not positioned correctly in the room!  For some odd reason, it had been jammed too close against one wall, and not far enough against another wall.  I had also been extensively wired in (both data and power) to the point where considering moving it was probably too much to contemplate for anyone not familiar with power. telephone and alarm systems.

For MMTM, not that big a deal, actually.  I just cut the power to the house and started stripping out wires that I didn't think that I wanted/needed.  Once the wires had been disconnected, it was easy to then reposition the desk to where I felt it best integrated with the shape of the room.  

Once the wiring had been addressed, moving the desk was simply a matter of applying a little bit of muscle.  After that, a bit of re-wiring to bring the desk back into service and voila!  A much more visually appealing and higher utility working environment for everyone!


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