I have posted many pictures of the radio cabinet I currently have and the various shack builds I have had over the years, this post concentrates on the desk in my office instead. While there are radios on it of course the main use for this desk is the computers.
I have had many desks over the years, and four since I have lived in this house. When we moved in there was a large wooden executive desk that came with the house that had plenty of room but was next to impossible to move around as I am wont to do often. I replaced it with an Elfa free-standing system for a while then bought a standard-sized standing desk from Office Depot. It was inexpensive but actually quite sturdy. It was however too small for me. I had to put much of my stuff on the Elfa desk.
For my two computers I use 4 monitors, 3 32-inch displays and a 27-inch. In addition, I have an IP phone, computer speakers and of course some radios. While most of my radios are in the cabinet, I keep a few on the desk for easier access and everyday use.
For a while I used display arms to allow the monitors to overhang the edges of the desk but that was an inelegant solution at best. For one it was almost impossible to keep the monitors straight, level and the same height. Secondly my wife wanted a standing desk for her sewing room. I had already been looking at a larger standing desk as I enjoyed the ability to work standing up off and on. I made a deal with Wifey, she would get my current standing desk for her sewing room and I would get a new, larger desk for my office.
Wifey gave me a budget and I looked at a bunch of options. I started looking at various “L” shaped standing desks. An “L” shaped desk would allow me to work from the corner and arrange the monitors to make them more easily seen.
I checked several companies, including Ikea, Lander and UpLift as well as several other online suppliers. Some companies sell the legs and mechanisms, you then provide your own desktop. Others sell the entire kit with many different options. I whittled the choices down and I was ready to pull the trigger on a real nice Lander standing desk at about $3500 all told when I stumbled upon the Human Solution UpLift desk. For about half the price I was able to meet or exceed all the specs I settled on with the Lander. The only real difference is that the desktop itself would be 2 pieces instead of a single surface and that the side desk (called the “return”) was slightly less deep on the UpLift (27 inches vs. 30).
I set up my order on a Tuesday afternoon using their online ordering system. I chose the desktop (color, size, shapes and cutouts) legs and mechanisms (including the 3rd leg for added stability) and some other options like casters. The desk arrived that Thursday from Texas. The boxes looked in rough shape but when unpacked all the contents were in pristine condition. It was very well packed.
During this time Wifey and I cleared out the office of everything I did not need for work and then after work on Friday we cleared out the old desk, computers and the radio cabinet. We then started to assemble the new desk. It was a LOT easier in an empty office! We finished the assembly in a few hours. The instructions were easy to follow, and everything went just fine.
The next day I put the office back together, including all the computers, monitors and radios. The computers are both “Small Form Factor” (SFF) units, one is a 2018 Mac Mini and the other is a Hades Canyon NUC from Intel. With the 4 monitors on metal monitor stands the computers fit nicely under the stands. I had purchased one of those large clamp-on monitor stands but mounted it UNDER the desktop as an under-the-desktop shelf for things like the power supplies, network switch, USB hub, backup hard drives and other stuff to keep the desktop less cluttered.
I had decided to make the entire desk self-contained. I bought the caster kit so I could swing it out to get at the rear of the desk and routed the needed cables to allow free motion around the office. There is a single power cable leading to a heavy-duty power strip/surge protector, the UPS plugs into the strip. While the computers and networking stuff plug into the UPS the monitors and accessories plug into the outlet strip.
I have an APC UPS for the computers, I mounted that in a CPU holder mounted under the desk. This was designed for a workstation type computer, but the UPS fit just fine. Everything else is on the under-desk shelf or on the desktop.
Besides the power cable there are a couple other cables leading from the desk that are strapped together to make a single bundle. These include a network cable from the main router to the switch for the desk that the computers, SDS200 and my phone connect to, a single USB cable leading to the radio rack, an antenna lead going to a Stridsberg multicouplers for the desk scanners and an extension cable for my GMRS radio desk mic. This single bundle allows me to rotate the desk around to get at the back to work on the wiring or it can quickly be disconnected altogether.
On the desk are several scanners, including an SDS200, a PSR400, a pair of BCD996XT’s, a HomePatrol-1 and a HomePatrol2. I also keep my SDS100 there for use when I don’t need it in the car. With the 8-port multicouplers I have capacity for a couple more scanners if needed.
Also on the desk is my IP phone for work, the 2 computers and their 4 monitors, my studio mic, speakers and some chargers and accessories. There are a couple wire holes with pop-in power ports. If I need to get at the rear of the desk to change a cable or something, I just unlock the casters and roll the desk out away from the wall. Nothing is on the floor and there are no wires hanging down or visible apart from the single power cable to the wall and the bundle going to the radio cabinet. All the wiring is either under the desk behind the support bars or at the rear against the wall. On the front side of the support bars I have denim skirts that match the black esthetic to hide the wires and accessories.
I like to change things up but after trying several different layouts I always seem to revert back to this one. It works well for me as I spend a lot of time in here. Since I work from home these days I am here most of the day and then it is my man-cave on off hours.
I have a 55 inch TV on the wall for watching the news or (more often) rail-cams and a smaller 40-inch display on the back desk for the home security system and other streaming cameras. Of course the main radios are in the cabinet on the other wall. There are plenty of pictures in this forum of the radio cabinet.
And, now, the pictures:
Here is the desk in its lowered position relative to the radio cabinet. The chair, BTW, is a Herman Miller Aeron, the first chair that I have had that survived my fat rear for an extended period of time.

Here is another angle of the desk. I keep a small section of the Elfa system for the printer and some knick-knacks. My wife made the wall hangings to help deaden the echo when I do live broadcasts.

There is a small bundle of wires running to the radio cabinet. including the USB cable, an antenna line, a, Ethernet cable and an extension for my GMRS mic.

A view of the desk in the raised position:

I have had many desks over the years, and four since I have lived in this house. When we moved in there was a large wooden executive desk that came with the house that had plenty of room but was next to impossible to move around as I am wont to do often. I replaced it with an Elfa free-standing system for a while then bought a standard-sized standing desk from Office Depot. It was inexpensive but actually quite sturdy. It was however too small for me. I had to put much of my stuff on the Elfa desk.
For my two computers I use 4 monitors, 3 32-inch displays and a 27-inch. In addition, I have an IP phone, computer speakers and of course some radios. While most of my radios are in the cabinet, I keep a few on the desk for easier access and everyday use.
For a while I used display arms to allow the monitors to overhang the edges of the desk but that was an inelegant solution at best. For one it was almost impossible to keep the monitors straight, level and the same height. Secondly my wife wanted a standing desk for her sewing room. I had already been looking at a larger standing desk as I enjoyed the ability to work standing up off and on. I made a deal with Wifey, she would get my current standing desk for her sewing room and I would get a new, larger desk for my office.
Wifey gave me a budget and I looked at a bunch of options. I started looking at various “L” shaped standing desks. An “L” shaped desk would allow me to work from the corner and arrange the monitors to make them more easily seen.
I checked several companies, including Ikea, Lander and UpLift as well as several other online suppliers. Some companies sell the legs and mechanisms, you then provide your own desktop. Others sell the entire kit with many different options. I whittled the choices down and I was ready to pull the trigger on a real nice Lander standing desk at about $3500 all told when I stumbled upon the Human Solution UpLift desk. For about half the price I was able to meet or exceed all the specs I settled on with the Lander. The only real difference is that the desktop itself would be 2 pieces instead of a single surface and that the side desk (called the “return”) was slightly less deep on the UpLift (27 inches vs. 30).
I set up my order on a Tuesday afternoon using their online ordering system. I chose the desktop (color, size, shapes and cutouts) legs and mechanisms (including the 3rd leg for added stability) and some other options like casters. The desk arrived that Thursday from Texas. The boxes looked in rough shape but when unpacked all the contents were in pristine condition. It was very well packed.
During this time Wifey and I cleared out the office of everything I did not need for work and then after work on Friday we cleared out the old desk, computers and the radio cabinet. We then started to assemble the new desk. It was a LOT easier in an empty office! We finished the assembly in a few hours. The instructions were easy to follow, and everything went just fine.
The next day I put the office back together, including all the computers, monitors and radios. The computers are both “Small Form Factor” (SFF) units, one is a 2018 Mac Mini and the other is a Hades Canyon NUC from Intel. With the 4 monitors on metal monitor stands the computers fit nicely under the stands. I had purchased one of those large clamp-on monitor stands but mounted it UNDER the desktop as an under-the-desktop shelf for things like the power supplies, network switch, USB hub, backup hard drives and other stuff to keep the desktop less cluttered.
I had decided to make the entire desk self-contained. I bought the caster kit so I could swing it out to get at the rear of the desk and routed the needed cables to allow free motion around the office. There is a single power cable leading to a heavy-duty power strip/surge protector, the UPS plugs into the strip. While the computers and networking stuff plug into the UPS the monitors and accessories plug into the outlet strip.
I have an APC UPS for the computers, I mounted that in a CPU holder mounted under the desk. This was designed for a workstation type computer, but the UPS fit just fine. Everything else is on the under-desk shelf or on the desktop.
Besides the power cable there are a couple other cables leading from the desk that are strapped together to make a single bundle. These include a network cable from the main router to the switch for the desk that the computers, SDS200 and my phone connect to, a single USB cable leading to the radio rack, an antenna lead going to a Stridsberg multicouplers for the desk scanners and an extension cable for my GMRS radio desk mic. This single bundle allows me to rotate the desk around to get at the back to work on the wiring or it can quickly be disconnected altogether.
On the desk are several scanners, including an SDS200, a PSR400, a pair of BCD996XT’s, a HomePatrol-1 and a HomePatrol2. I also keep my SDS100 there for use when I don’t need it in the car. With the 8-port multicouplers I have capacity for a couple more scanners if needed.
Also on the desk is my IP phone for work, the 2 computers and their 4 monitors, my studio mic, speakers and some chargers and accessories. There are a couple wire holes with pop-in power ports. If I need to get at the rear of the desk to change a cable or something, I just unlock the casters and roll the desk out away from the wall. Nothing is on the floor and there are no wires hanging down or visible apart from the single power cable to the wall and the bundle going to the radio cabinet. All the wiring is either under the desk behind the support bars or at the rear against the wall. On the front side of the support bars I have denim skirts that match the black esthetic to hide the wires and accessories.
I like to change things up but after trying several different layouts I always seem to revert back to this one. It works well for me as I spend a lot of time in here. Since I work from home these days I am here most of the day and then it is my man-cave on off hours.
I have a 55 inch TV on the wall for watching the news or (more often) rail-cams and a smaller 40-inch display on the back desk for the home security system and other streaming cameras. Of course the main radios are in the cabinet on the other wall. There are plenty of pictures in this forum of the radio cabinet.
And, now, the pictures:
Here is the desk in its lowered position relative to the radio cabinet. The chair, BTW, is a Herman Miller Aeron, the first chair that I have had that survived my fat rear for an extended period of time.

Here is another angle of the desk. I keep a small section of the Elfa system for the printer and some knick-knacks. My wife made the wall hangings to help deaden the echo when I do live broadcasts.

There is a small bundle of wires running to the radio cabinet. including the USB cable, an antenna line, a, Ethernet cable and an extension for my GMRS mic.

A view of the desk in the raised position:
