Office/PC room layout ideas

[danlightbulb]

Hi all,

So now the decorating is finished in my small bedroom, Im looking at how to lay it out for an office/PC room.

It will be my office when working from home, so need a small flat surface for laptop and mouse.

My PC gaming has taken a back seat for a while now, but I have a 24" flat monitor, PC case, large gaming mat surface, keyboard obviously.

And I have a steering wheel set up for racing and a quest 2 so I want to configure the room for seated VR as well. Want to also get a hotas for VR flight sim. The room is not really large enough for keeping those things out all the time so they will have to be stored when not in use. The room is not large enough for any standing VR unfortunately.

My girlfriend has an old writing desk that we'd like to incorporate if possible. You can see this in the pictures below along with a few of the room (its small, so its hard to photograph). Also below is a room dimension plan.

Any ideas appreciated! Don't want to spend £££ on sophisticated furniture, but can run to a nice Ikea desk or something to go alongside the antique piece. Or maybe I am better off trying to get a corner desk in and having the antique piece nearer the window. Or perhaps I shouldn't be trying to use the antique desk at all and go for something larger.



Layout:


View from doorway:


View towards doorway:


Awkward corner:

 

[danlightbulb]

Thanks @throwaway4372 . Chat with gf tonight she agrees it's better to go for a full size desk and not try to work around the antique desk, so that is going somewhere else now.

So can accommodate a full length desk of ideally around 2m. What depth desk is minimum? 60cm? I notice IKEA has 60, 70 and 80cm depth desks. Think 80cm will be too deep for room though, might get away with 70cm.

Should I get a monitor arm to maximise desktop space? Or one of those stands that sits on the desk and the monitor goes on it, not sure what they are called.

And then shelves, mood lighting and cable management to think about too.

One problem will be where to put the pc itself, either under the desk or on top of it. Probably not a good idea to have it visible through the window on the right side of the room, but of course the pc itself needs to be on the right because that's where the clear window is on the case, and I notice most setups have the pc on top of the desk not hidden under it.

 

[danlightbulb]

This is what Ive gone with. Its my gf kitchen table which is a bit long for our lounge. So Im having it as my desk. It is 62cm deep and 190cm long.

So it needs pimping now but not too costly. Any ideas on reasonable cost improvements? OCUK gaming mat is showing its age as well.

Also thinking whether a monitor arm would work better than the monitor stand?