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Office Update

I've been wanting to clean up the office upstairs for a while.  I also wanted to play with the Ikea butcher block countertop to create a floating desk.  Here is what the office looked like before:
And now:
It has one support leg, but the wall sides are floating. I also added some cable management under the desk, and a 5' power strip is mounted under there as well.  It's nice because you don't see any cables, but it still provides access to the back wall outlets.  The old desk had a back cover that made getting behind it a pain.

I may look at routing the wires to the wall-mount TV/Monitor inside the wall, but it's not a high priority right now.  I will look into doing some shelving on the wall soon, as I've lost some usable space with this setup.  This will also be a good chance to see how the countertop holds up to usage.  The desk itself is 8' long, which provides plenty of space.

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