Big desk?

RollerBall · 9 Sep 2011 at 22:38

I had no idea where to put this but I figured as there's a desk gallery I figured here would be relevent-ish.

I'm moving into student accomodation and I'm looking for a six foot ish desk. Needs to be at least 5ft or so. Looking to fit a TV on it, one or two monitors /w mouse etc and some room to write on it. I've seen some pictures of large desks but I can't source them at all.

Help? I don't really want it to be really deep though as I'm rather limited in that department. Normal desk depth is what I'm looking for ~20-25 inches.

Tavster · 9 Sep 2011 at 22:58

Ikea is your best bet!

Rik1254 · 9 Sep 2011 at 23:07

All the uni accomodations Ive been to have desks supplied, or are you moving into a house?

Fragg · 9 Sep 2011 at 23:10

i went down to b&q, bought wood and put mine together (with the help of my father)
diy can be cheaper/dearer but takes a while and knowledge of construction. Though, you can design it the way you want it and to fit your room.

if you cant be bothered, ikea,argos,homebase,amazon would be your best bet
any of those can have some nice cheap computer desks from time to time

RollerBall · 9 Sep 2011 at 23:11

Checked ikea. The longest desk they had was *really* thin at like 15inches. That wouldn't barely hold my monitor and keyboard.

RollerBall · 9 Sep 2011 at 23:12

Rik1254 said:
All the uni accomodations Ive been to have desks supplied, or are you moving into a house?

Yeah, moving out of my accomodation which had a nice big desk

. Going into my second year.

Temi_D · 9 Sep 2011 at 23:43

Hows this? http://www.ikea.com/gb/en/catalog/products/S79885498

cerbrus2 · 9 Sep 2011 at 23:48

Wicks.

400mm X 2400mm plane white Worktop. £26

Then just plug a screw some 2"X2" PAR timber to the wall. And either use chrome legs from wicks.

Will cost you maximum of £40 for a massivly long desk. And you could also cut it to what ever leangh you want.

RollerBall · 10 Sep 2011 at 00:34

Temi_D said:
Hows this? http://www.ikea.com/gb/en/catalog/products/S79885498

How the hell did I miss that. Cheers man.

cerbrus2 said:
Wicks.

400mm X 2400mm plane white Worktop. £26

Then just plug a screw some 2"X2" PAR timber to the wall. And either use chrome legs from wicks.

Will cost you maximum of £40 for a massivly long desk. And you could also cut it to what ever leangh you want.

It's rented, I can't put anything into the wall.

BringTheRain · 10 Sep 2011 at 00:57

Stulid got me a name for an ikea desk. Can't remember the name.

There are plenty on auction sites.

Will upload a pic in my build thread Tom.

They go for £10-30 and are ideal bud

Zefan · 10 Sep 2011 at 01:02

If you want an actually decent desk without having your wallet raided then take a look at second hand/office clearance warehouses.

Tokin · 10 Sep 2011 at 10:45

Tavster said:
Ikea is your best bet!

+1

Hyburnate · 10 Sep 2011 at 10:53

Go down to a hardwear store grab a Worktop for a kitchen, sand it down, grab a pot of paint and paint it, the only problem is, with the matt I used it didn't want to dry quick so its got loads of finger marks. So give it time xD. You can pick up 4 legs from ikea. I will link them link as promised

Jay794 · 10 Sep 2011 at 13:59

Must be cheap rent if your room lacks furtniture, every student place I've lived in came with a desk

RollerBall · 10 Sep 2011 at 15:40

Jay794 said:
Must be cheap rent if your room lacks furtniture, every student place I've lived in came with a desk

£100 a week.

Welcome to London >.<

King Damager · 10 Sep 2011 at 17:22

£99 a week with En suite and water/electric/interwebs etc... included

Got a massive Ikea worktop with two filing cabinets underneath for mine

kd

Gundog48 · 10 Sep 2011 at 19:11

Get some wooden kitchen worktop and some IKEA legs + draws and you are sorted!

RollerBall · 10 Sep 2011 at 22:34

King Damager said:
£99 a week with En suite and water/electric/interwebs etc... included

Got a massive Ikea worktop with two filing cabinets underneath for mine

kd

I take it that's halls though. I'm in my second year so I'm in private now. My halls were £101 a week with everything included in the nicest location ever

.

Now I live above a corner shop in an area which when a friend visited had blood all over the street. Woop woop.

rexehuk · 11 Sep 2011 at 09:35

Galant desk! It's so big it can double up as a bed

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http://www.ikea.com/gb/en/catalog/products/S79836974#/S49836975/

Temi_D · 11 Sep 2011 at 16:23

The table I mentioned can also be got without the drawer, making it £36, you can also get it in black http://www.ikea.com/gb/en/catalog/products/50121453 and 5 legs http://www.ikea.com/gb/en/catalog/products/10105290