sleek and minimal? Or eronomic and back friendly?

[susandennis]

So... back in January when I was in Texas, my brother and I saw one of these nice looking laptop tables and I decided to get one for my new furniture. (I got one in graphite (dark dark gray) instead of the cherry in this photo.)

It came today. It's nice and adjustable and I can roll it away and roll it over to the desk chair if I like. It does what I wanted it to do but now I don't love the look. It's got way bigger clutter factor than I had imagined.

The problem is that while waiting for it to come in...

I drafted this side table that I already had into service and I'm not sure but what I like it better. It is way smaller and you kind of see though it. It kind of just disappears even with the laptop on it. It's a perfect height. BUT it does not roll. (I put sliders on it so it not glued to the carpet but it does not move easily.) And it does not adjust and it does not tilt forward for ergonomic typing.

But, I do like the look of it better, I think.

I guess I'll try this new one out for a while and see if it gets any better. I hate that I spent this money on it and now don't like it. I may even see if I can send it back. Maybe that's what I should do.

Comments

[photoholic62.livejournal.com]

Is it possible to add roller-wheels to the one you like better?

[susandennis]

I honestly don't know how to do that - since it's metal but also I think it would not look good anyway. But good thought. One new thought I had was that I might just alternate. Use one for a while and then use the other. I don't think I'll send the new one back. It's not perfect but it is worth keeping, I think.

[photoholic62.livejournal.com]

After I posted that, had the thought that it might make it too high anyway. As for how to do it, hire it done, of course!! :)

[kyrielle]

Maybe you could get rolling casters for the one you like? Although I have no idea how you'd get them attached to a fully-metal frame. Hmm.

[howeird]

It wouldn't be hard to strap wheels to the bottom of that frame, and someone who is handy at such things (I've seen this done by several of my theater techie friends) can even rig the wheels to retract (or flip on their sides) so the frame rests directly on the floor for normal use.