Solid wood desk that will hide my computer tower

August 24, 2011 6:27 AM

I'm looking for a nice computer desk. But it seems like all of the good ones either assume you have a laptop or iMac or that you want your tower to be on display. I'd like my computer tower hidden away in a cubby with adequate ventilation, the ability to do some cable management, and a door on the front. Does this exist?

If I need to order something custom, I'm willing to do that. I'm in the Boston area, if that matters.

posted by Plutor to Home & Garden (8 answers total)

I remember seeing Anthro carts in an office supply catalogue a while back...I'm sure you can order them online. Office furniture stores might be a good bet too.
posted by cartoonella at 7:57 AM on August 24, 2011

Yes they exist. Just hard to find.

I stumbled onto mine quite by accident. While I can't reference you to a specific model, I would suggest trolling the local yard sales/thrift stores for the best results.
posted by Folk at 8:24 AM on August 24, 2011

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posted by splatta at 8:39 AM on August 24, 2011

We're very happy with this one.
posted by davcoo at 9:10 AM on August 24, 2011

I had a roll-top desk that I really liked. But it ended up being a bit big for the small office room (though that is mainly because we had a day-bed, two filing cabinets, two bookshelves and another computer desk in the same room!)

Check out oak furniture places.. I know Costco had one awhile back, as well.
posted by rich at 10:48 AM on August 24, 2011

Liatorp from Ikea works. There's only a small hole for cables at the top of the cupboard area, so you might want to consider not attaching the back panel to where your tower will go so it's got adequate ventilation.
posted by Runes at 11:40 AM on August 24, 2011

You didn't give a price, so it's tough to know if these meet your needs, but doing a search for "roll top computer desk" on Google/Amazon will give you many options ranging from $750 to $4000. We have one that is similar to this one on Amazon although we bought it from a local furniture store for a little less.

There is a section in the back of the partition that houses the desktop that is open, so air can circulate into that part. That's also how you get the cables out of it (and then through a hole to the desk).
posted by tuxster at 3:28 PM on August 24, 2011

Response by poster: I don't really have a price range. I hadn't really considered a roll-top desk, but it definitely seems like there are a lot of them. My parents used a roll-top desk as one huge "junk drawer" when I was growing up, so I've got this mental block on them. I'll look into it.

I just discovered that we've got only 50 inches of space, which kind of makes most of these (otherwise great) suggestions too big. I guess desks are typically bigger than what I visualized.
posted by Plutor at 8:23 AM on August 25, 2011