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It's been about three months since I moved to Austin and started working from home.  In the move, I gave up my office desk, obviously, and all of the furniture in my apartment, which wasn't worth shipping cross-country.  I also decided I didn't really have room for a desk in my new house either.  It's not that I didn't want a desk.  My new place has very little storage space, so I had to opt for some drawers and shelves and felt there wasn't enough room for a desk.

Then I realized:  I need a desk.  As much as I love to write, I can't go without one.  There's something about dedicating a clear space to my laptop (or paper), coffee, glasses, pens, candle, tchotchkes, scraps of inspiration;  it creates a little temple, a spiritual center of sorts.  I know it's just a desk.  But it's important to me.

So I set out last weekend to build the smallest and cheapest office possible, and here it is!

I bought the desk for $25 at Ikea and the chair was $15.  I opted for Christmas lights to give a nice glow and because a lamp would take up too much space.  I put up four squares of corkboard and loaded them with items from my old desks.  I have just enough room for my beverages, notebooks, pens, glasses and breakfast, lunch or dinner.

I am so much happier now.  Desk, I love you.