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I'm not there yet, but I'm working on it. I work from home and I've moved my desk and hutch into the closet. The doors are removed and will stay off. The room and closet are painted a happy seafoam and everything fits very nicely. I hate the hutch part of my desk (strangely shaped cubbies) so my goal is to have a built-in desk. I've had cable installed in the closet, but my power strip is plugged in just outside the closet. I still need to investigate electrical options. I love the location and I don't feel closed in at all, but I'm looking at a computer screen all day.
When I have my new desk built in, I'm going for a look similar to the first photo here. As a creative person, you might like something more similar to the 3rd photo. I really like the wall paper idea a lot.
While I too like the concept of a nice neat place for the computer and such, I work at home and could never face a wall 2 feet away ALL DAY. I would just go nuts. As it is I am grabbing my laptop more often than not and moving away from the office altogether. I would be interested in how someone likes working in that after a year.
I did a closet office project several years ago that specifically worked around the "wall-in-your-face" problem.
The closet had DH 4/0 doors (that two 24" doors for laymen). One half of the interior was open shelves and cabinet. The other half was all open shelves but had a fold-down desk surface. Sitting on the side of the desk that had the other half of the closet afforded the view out windows. It was right at 36" in length. The support "leg" doubled as a bulletin/cork board- it would swing out into place when putting the desk down. And hang flat against the bottom of the desk when in the upright position.
The inside of one door was also cork board; the other, white board.
I like the last one best. It has the most counter space. That little desk in the third one would be too constricting for me and you lose space because it doesn't go all the way to the wall. I need leg room so I can shift my position. Those ones with drawers and doors on each side will force you to sit one way. If you need the drawer storage space, get a filing cabinet that can slide under the countertop of the last picture. That way you can pull it out when you're working (added space to set down papers) and you can slide it back under before you close the doors.
My closet is wider than the opening, so I need to decide how to use that space on the sides. Shelves like this on the sides would work well for me and possibly give me a place for my printer. http://www.bostondesignguide.com/sit...opper-Desk.jpg
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