What do you put on a wall with a computer monitor in front?

3 years ago

I am in the process of reclaiming my man room from my kids. I am doing a wholesale redo of the room. Meaning the desk is going to be changed out as well as a handful of other things. There is no other options for the placement of the desk. It has to go on that wall for a variety of reasons. That said, what do I put on the wall behind the monitor? How low should I go with anything? Would welcome any thoughts on a full redo of this wall and area.

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Jilly

3 years ago

last modified: 3 years ago

We did a kind of gallery wall around ours. I’ve since added a cactus watercolor a friend painted for me under the left hand picture. All of the artwork here has special meaning to us, and then we added my husband‘s guitars. The vintage china cabinet to the left provides storage. I don’t like the ugly, ancient printer! Working on changing that. :)

I don’t know what your interests or design preferences are to suggest specific items, but just wanted to show how we did ours. Since a lot of time can be spent at the desk, I like to be surrounded by things I enjoy.

Our room is mainly used by my husband, and it’s a mix of western and rock and roll (antique saddle on other side, guitar playing area, etc).

A couple of ideas for art arrangement, if you like the gallery look (you may not):

Simpler (you said you’ll have a different desk, so arrangements will be dependent on that):

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apple_pie_order
3 years ago
A long shelf for supplies and manuals will be very useful. A 10-12" wide shelf will hold papers, manuals, books, routers, backup disks and so on. Mount a power strip on the shelf if you'll be plugging things in.

If you are already planning storage for these things elsewhere, just choose a large framed print or poster that you find relaxing. 24 by 36" inches is a good size. You may have room for two posters.
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Maura, This is my office now and since I do have the lap top I can move it over to the right when I need more desk space or push it back under the shelf and reach out to type. I have even had two laptops on the desk at once repairing one while getting repair directions on the other. The printer is on the left under the fabric and lace cover I just push back when I am using it and my office supplies are in the drawer under the printer. The desk is really small and I took the top off of an old wood kitchen table and set it on top of the small desk to give me more desk top area but not a larger foot print on the floor. This way I was able to tuck in the little one drawer thing with the printer. The other little side table is an old old hospital bedside meal tray.I use it for many things. I know this is all a bit crowded but this room is multi functional. It is my office, sewing room ,craft storage space, mosaic workroom and my exercise room. The room is 10 foot by 10 foot. Chris Here is a link that might be useful:
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deegw
3 years ago
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Things should be hung at eye level as much as possible. I think a floor lamp would look good in the left corner. A couple of long, staggered floating shelves would be a good choice for the rest of the wall. Just don't fill them with lots of small items.
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I need to see the whole space and is that the desk you are keeping? More info too as to what you need in the space . Right now I would say nothing but I also would want a different wall color for an office.You need a bigger desk for sure and from what I see some better placement of tower etc.
stackwilliams
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3 years ago
Highly inspiring here. I love maps and wanted to add several to the cave. Thinking I could get a few of my favorite places and hang according to your suggestions. Well done!
IdaClaire
3 years ago
Great mockups and examples above! You could also try to incorporate a small corkboard or magnetic board into the mix. We use ours regularly for tacking up notes, a calendar, etc.

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