My battle station feels so boring. What can I do to make it feel more cozy and “geeky”? I’m a gamer, creator, and I work from home once a week.
by Various-Cut-1070
My battle station feels so boring. What can I do to make it feel more cozy and “geeky”? I’m a gamer, creator, and I work from home once a week.
by Various-Cut-1070
28 Comments
Lighting. Monitor light bar, LEDs behind the desk and the monitor, maybe an extra lamp somewhere else so you can turn off tjose overhead lights which are unflattering
Mousepad
Mechanical keyboard
Some wall art
And a chair
Ps: maybe some funko pop or small plants (real or fake, your pick)
A chair
Plants !!
A large desk mat. One of those wall mounted controller holders. A headphone cradle or something. And then maybe a potted plant if you don’t have pets that would demolish it.
“I like it!” — Creed from The Office.
At least it is better than mine.
Let’s say you don’t want to change any of the peripherals you have right now – I’d put up more shelves, display art from your favourite creators or games (or your own art).
My geek den has a display for miniatures I’ve painted, a bookshelf, some plants, and a guitar mount.
A geeky station starts first of all with a PC that has a large window and plenty of fancy RGB stuff in it. I mean get yourself a lian li o11 vision case or something.
I’ll preface that I don’t have any interior design experience, but your desk reminds me of what comes up when I search “modern furniture design” on Google.
If that’s what you like, go all in on that. I agree with the people suggesting peripherals, etc. whatever you do put on, some LED light strips, bulbs can bring your modern aesthetic to the 21st century.
I place my RGB lighting on the back edge of my desk and in all overhead lights, table and floor lamps. It really makes anything you place on your desk stand out, and the color changes based on my task, application open, or general mood. So it can be completely off and look like a normal room, I can set it to function like regular LED lights, or it’s a gaming light show.
If you don’t want your setup to stand out, forget my lights suggestion and go for plants or other desk accessories that fit the aesthetic.
Given its modern aesthetic, I actually disagree with people suggesting throwing on Funko toys, etc.
But at the end of the day, what you SHOULD do is just do what reflects you. The battlestation is your space, and you know what moves you, what makes you feel focused, cozy.
We can make suggestions, but you know what makes you happy to plop in a chair at that desk! Can’t wait to see what you do!
Where’d you get the desk?
whatever your interests and hobbies are, buy some decor on Etsy, put some shelves up with your favorite swag or photos/posters of memories or cool pics you took. fav movie poster on the wall, etc. things that show your personality and style
Artwork from favourite games/ media. And plants! they would do well with the light from the window! I would recommend Swiss Cheese plants (Monstera) or Devils Ivy (Epipremnum aureum) if you’re looking for a hanging plant!
An ergonomic advice:
The monitor should not be in front of the window. It’s better to have it driected to the wall in therms of light.
You need some toys on that desk
That’s a dope desk where’d you get it?!
– Corner floating Shelves
– monitor light bar
– speakers to put on each side of your monitor
– deskmat style mouse pad (Deskr, The Mousepadcompany, inkedgaming all make decent stuff)
– run an rgb light strip behind the desk maybe for some color
– maybe get a poster/picture to show some of your personality (shows you like, scenery, etc)
You have a really great starting space to build off of! Just show a little bit more of you!
led strips
I kind of like it. It’s clean with a bunch of room.
More monitors. But otherwise that’s a nice space you’ve got there.
Add a curtain to darken the room, get some nanoleafs for the right side wall, get a big mouse pad for under keyboard and mouse to add some color, and maybe some LED lights in the corner of the room or around the back of the desk. Also cute knickknacks!
Bro has the $7000 cocobolo desk from Better Call Saul.
Hanging plants and a desk plant, perhaps some RGB.
Personally I think your setup already looks really cozy and classy. I would get some wall art to inject some personality into it but that’s about it.
A printer
Mechanical Keyboard, Gaming Mouse, Mouse Pad.
Park thePC below the desk
Honestly that’s all you need. I have about this much space give or take and if you try to put too much on the desk it’s going to be cluttered and feel cramped to move. You maybe could put a collectible statue or something of that size left of the monitor but that’s it with your given space and lack of shelving
Plants, a gaming keyboard (lighting will be better), and if you aren’t opposed – paint the room!
Hang a picture.