Compact workspace to work from home?

[Rob_B]

Hi guys, we've recently had a new room done in our flat & it's destined to mainly be a place for me to work from home but also it will be a bedroom for Visitors/Baby #2 if we decide to have one.
As such I need a workstation that takes up little space, currently I'm having to use my work laptop on the dining table & it's just not comfortable.

I've seen this on Lifehacker which looked good & wanted to do something similar, I will be using a work laptop (<15") and plan to get a 19/20" monitor, keyboard, mouse & probably a SFF PC for home use.
The work laptop is only used once a fortnight & it will be moved away when not being used so a constant space for that isn't needed as long as it can be freed up easily.
I have power sockets directly below where I will put this & will use wifi for networking.

I'm not sure where is best to start, I like the 'Ikea Shelf' idea but I'm not sure where to get the keyboard holder thingy from? (ie for less than the £20/£30 for the ones from Amazon!)

Has anyone done this &/or have any useful tips?

I'm trying to avoid being lazy & just buying this from Ikea (£36) http://www.ikea.com/gb/en/catalog/products/10139134



Cheers guys n gals!

Rob

[tiggerai]

I found a decent small desk like - http://www.argos.co.uk/static/Produc...GLASS+DESK.htm

worked best for me - plus a shelf for the printer... small enough not to take up so much room, but big enough for monitors and other paperwork

[Rob_B]

Desk was my first thought but I'd like it to look neat & due to the rooms size a desk might be a bit OTT space-wise
No printer so no extra space needed, suprising that I've not used one at home for about 2yrs & don't miss the thing one bit!

[Behemoth]

I don't have my own printer either. Makes my life so much easier, I just use my Dad's if I need to print anything, then I don't have to worry about replacing the ink

You were already on the same train of thought as me with regard to a SFF PC for your home use/gaming. Although looking at your PC spec there Rob I don't think you'll be doing much gaming on that old relic !

I keep looking into something like that myself as I only have a small room which I have to sleep in so a big PC is out of the window really. That said the PC I have at the moment isn't exactly small.

[Rob_B]

Haha my specs are for my iPhone :-)

got a low powered laptop (not netbook) and the charging port is buzzing/ screen flickering so it might be on it's way out ;-)

[Behemoth]

Ahh well now I know what they put in the iphone lol.