Simplify.
After my previous post on Minimalist Design, promped by this blog post, I set about making a few changes in my house; room by room.
It’s been slower going than expected, especially when you buy new furniture to do it, so step 1 was to tidy our computer room, specifically my desk.
Before: http://www.flickr.com/photos/11042288@N08/1408717737/in/photostream/
New Desk & Keyboard: http://www.flickr.com/photos/11042288@N08/1408717745/in/photostream/
New Monitors: http://www.flickr.com/photos/11042288@N08/1408728307/in/photostream/
You cant see it in those pictures but I was able to also pick up some Kensington locks to secure the monitors should we ever get broken into in the future.
Much Simpler! I can tell for sure it is a more relaxing feeling working at a workstation that is very nice to use and easy on the eye.
Step 2 in the computer room tidy up is to toss out all my un-used monitors (4 are 21″ CRT! (Charity wont take them, we tried)) , and move on my full-height rack cabinet that is massively under-utalised. The cabinet is sold, and will be replaced by a 1/4 height 19″ rack cabinet which will house my development server and rackmount switch.
Step 3 is to pull up the carpet and have the floorboards polished, for that completely stylish yet minimalist look 
Step 4, move onto the rest of the house..
Comments
Comment from MrXclusiv
Date: October 1, 2007, 4:51 pm
nice monitors
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Comment from Guru
Date: September 21, 2007, 6:35 pm
come on mate let see some pics of the work bench, nudge nudge.