hey everybody and welcome to the video
this is Josh here and today I'm gonna be
showing you my new desk setup as most of
you already know I recently started
working from home and recently moved
into an apartment with the second
bedroom that I have turned into my home
office now I'm still working on some
acoustic panels and organization and
getting a few things set up for the
office I thought it would be fun to make
a little video just to show you my desk
setup which is now pretty much complete
so I'm gonna be going kind of
item-by-item and explaining everything I
have and why I have it and why I prefer
to keep a nice minimal clean simple desk
setup
so starting first off with the desk
itself this is a desk from world market
but I was actually able to find it with
a really good deal on Craigslist so that
was something I recommend for everybody
and that's gonna be a big theme of my
desk here check Craigslist for things
especially office supplies you have
businesses going out of business all the
time and selling off all sorts of office
items I was able to pick one up for $100
I think new it was normally 350 but this
desk so far has been wonderful it's nice
and big for lots of good overhead shots
and different things like that I have
lots of working space having that extra
space and having that versatility is
super important for me you know I used
this for my photography business and my
videography business and my YouTube
channel and I do product shots here and
all sorts of different stuff so it's
just a very valuable piece of table real
estate and has a really nice look it's
got a few Nicks and scratches in it but
I think it just adds to the character
and from there the next big item is my
chair now this is the Herman Miller
Aaron chair I know what you're thinking
this thing's crazy expensive again
Craigslist Craigslist Craigslist I have
wanted this chair for the last several
years since I really started to take my
work a little bit more seriously and was
spending more time in front of the
computer editing I actually found this
from someone that was moving out of the
city and getting rid of everything this
is almost a thousand dollar chair I
think I'm honestly not really sure what
the full cost is but I was able to get
it for just about two or three hundred
dollars about six months ago I can't
remember exactly what I paid but it was
an incredible deal now granted it took
me about a year of stalking Craigslist
to find a deal like this but patience is
always key if you're looking to get
those premium products and
at a really big discount so scour
Craigslist if you're ever in need of
chairs or desks or any of this big stuff
that's inconvenient to move it's also a
little bit better for the environment
you know I'm a big fan of recycling and
reusing things whenever I can so that is
my desk and this is my chair coming up
from there I have a few houseplants and
before you judge me too harsh a couple
of these have been having a difficult
time transitioning into my apartment
from the nursery but they have been
hanging on okay when putting a little
bit extra care this one right here is a
prayer plant
I forgot the full-name but it's super
super cool you know opens up nice and
big like this during the day but at
night it will actually close up like
it's prayer hands so this has just been
a really hearty lush plant and right
next to it here I have an asparagus fern
that a couple of days ago took some sort
of turn for the worst it's gotten a
little bit yellowed try it out a new
fertilizer I'm not really sure what had
happened but it's it's still hanging in
there for now
and then right here is my banana plant
it's actually a dwarf Cavendish plant
this thing is supposed to get up to 6
feet tall when it's fully mature even
though it's a dwarf plant I'm a big fan
of plants and just anything that's more
relating to nature and bringing in that
nature into your home and your space you
know I don't like a lot of clutter and
knickknacks and junk everywhere as you
can see there's nothing else really in
the rest of the room that you can't see
either but but I love having you know
the nice earth textures in the the desk
and I love having the plants around it's
good for the air it's good for me yeah I
just love it
right here on this corner of the desk I
actually have 2 8 terabyte external
Western Digital drives
if you notice I don't have any plugs
plugged in I'd rather have those nice
clean lines when I can these are mainly
just archive drives to me when I'm
finished with a project I'll toss it on
here and it just leave a B so I'm only
really accessing these once every week
here every couple of weeks so I'll just
grab out the cable when I need it in the
meantime though having them both
together and a nice clean simple look
and moving from there I have a desk lamp
right here it lets out a really nice
warm light just brings this nice warm
cast compared to the cooler daylight
this was actually my wife's lamp from
when she was a teenager
it's just filed along with us I think it
has a really cool look and it works fine
so kept it for a number of years on my
desk and moving right next to that I
have Wolfie here I recently picked up
this cat perch with the Window Cling
suctions
and he just absolutely loves it he hangs
out in here with me all day while I'm
working and and he's just a really
chilled out boy when he's here but if
you notice this has a really nice
scratchy texture which he really likes
so far so good with this thing I'd
highly recommend it Wolfie loved it far
more than I ever thought he would I'm
coming over to the desk for the last few
items I have my 2018 MacBook Pro now I
recently upgraded last year from my 2012
macbook that thing lasted me six great
years but since I had upgraded my camera
last year it just really wasn't able to
keep up in video editing and so I
finally pulled the trigger and upgraded
to a newer model this is the fully SPECT
out version just without the biggest
hard drive so far it has been an amazing
machine I still plan on doing a review
of some sort on this but stay tuned for
that links for all this stuff will be in
the description for anyone that's
interested like I said I know I thrifted
a bunch of this stuff
I'll be happy to share what the items
are so you can look for it if you notice
I didn't have any cables or wires or
junk on top of the desk I actually have
a surge protector mounted underneath the
desk here with just some double-sided 3m
velcro and and this is where I have all
of the power for my lamp my hard drives
in my computer and then I have a little
clamp here with my power cable for my
macbook so this just runs around up here
and then wires up nice and clean when
I'm not using it but yeah so that is
gonna be it for the tour I hope you guys
all enjoyed it nice and clean and simple
and minimal I don't really have any big
plans to change anything on here for the
foreseeable future
eventually I would like to get a little
bit of a bigger monitor or maybe to plug
this in but I'm not really concerned
about it this has been working very well
for me so far and like I said I love
having all of this extra space to work
with on my desk and before the
minimalist police come out and get me
this desk is mainly minimal in design I
think it's pretty minimal in function as
well you know I've been a big fan of
minimalism as an art form since back
when I went to college for graphic
design long before it was the big trendy
thing that everyone gets so triggered
about nowadays so cool your jets before
you type that angry comment out I don't
even necessarily consider myself a
minimalist but I like to use minimalism
as a tool in my life to improve things
so that's what it is to me I don't care
what anyone else thinks about it but I'd
love to hear your thoughts down below
what do you think of the setup what is
your setup look like I will be updating
guys with probably a full office tour of
some sort once I get that up and running
like I said I'm waiting on a couple of
shipments for acoustic panels and
different things hopefully the audio
okay right now but once I get all that
set up I'll be making another full video
for the rest of the room but essentially
right now this is it so this is the
whole room as it stands right now
hope you enjoyed this though links to
everything I talked about will be in the
description down below but until next
time I'll talk to y'all later
have a good one
