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I've got some Christmas money to spend, and I'm looking for a desk. Ideally, I wanted the IKEA Mikael, but driving to the nearest one is out of the question, I have no family or contacts nearby, and the shipping costs blow away even my most lenient standards for absurdity.
I'm looking for a big, simple, flat desk, and my price ceiling is roughly ~$120 (The Mikael was $70 before that awful shipping, which was a huge part of the appeal). I see a ton of people in the workstation/setup threads with desks like this (if you want, I can find examples, but they're hard to miss), and I'm wondering where some of these desks come from.
I would expect that desks so simple in design wouldn't be so hard to come by cheaply, but most of the stuff and local stores is part of some keyboard-tray-multiple-shelf-hutch-add-on monstrosity. I'm okay with shelves and drawers, but a keyboard tray is an instant lose for me. The desk has to be of an appropriate height for me to use the keyboard and mouse on the desk surface (anyone who owns a Ripper xtrac XXL will understand why, and on top of that, I just dislike keyboard trays).
Anyway, I'd appreciate any suggestions or alternatives to IKEA that aren't too expensive. Thanks everyone, and merry Christmas!
I'm looking for a big, simple, flat desk, and my price ceiling is roughly ~$120 (The Mikael was $70 before that awful shipping, which was a huge part of the appeal). I see a ton of people in the workstation/setup threads with desks like this (if you want, I can find examples, but they're hard to miss), and I'm wondering where some of these desks come from.
I would expect that desks so simple in design wouldn't be so hard to come by cheaply, but most of the stuff and local stores is part of some keyboard-tray-multiple-shelf-hutch-add-on monstrosity. I'm okay with shelves and drawers, but a keyboard tray is an instant lose for me. The desk has to be of an appropriate height for me to use the keyboard and mouse on the desk surface (anyone who owns a Ripper xtrac XXL will understand why, and on top of that, I just dislike keyboard trays).
Anyway, I'd appreciate any suggestions or alternatives to IKEA that aren't too expensive. Thanks everyone, and merry Christmas!