Speakers for a desktop computer. Mine have died and I keep getting analysis paralysis when I shop for some. I don’t need anything fancy, just ones that work.
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Speaking as a person with a former coffee snob partner, burr grinders are indeed better! I can’t provide any recommendations though.
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I love Barratza. We ended up with the Virtuoso when they decided to update something minor about the looks of it and the remaining stock went half price!
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I can do a lot of this research on my own (and will do some anyways), but I figure I can take advantage of the power of other people’s procrastination… 
I want a standing desk. Wizard and I will be moving soon and are planning to make sure we have space for me to really have a home office space. That means I’m going to be getting a sit-stand desk, which I have wanted for years.
Criteria:
- Minimally big enough to hold a laptop and a pot of tea on one side, a cup of tea on the other
- Lowest height is 23-24 inches (I am a Smol and a 26" desk is too tall for me)
- Micro-adjustable (crank or electric are both absolutely fine)
- Seems unlikely to break in a year
- Not a billion dollars
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Following, because I want this as well (except it doesn’t have to be extra short).
Especially this.
My house is tiny though, so I might need just a table top thingie. But I am still interested in what people say.
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I have an uplift desk. I think if you get the commercial version which isn’t much more $$$ it goes lower. I have a keyboard tray under mine to keep it more comfortable. I had one at work and eventually bought one at home. The manual adjustment ones that aren’t $$$ can be hard to lift if you get much on them.
I really wanted a wood top rather than laminate so I got a butcher block from Home Depot and the desk base and it was a lot more affordable Than the wood version from them (but more expensive than the laminate desk would have been.
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@iualia mentioned having a Fully Jarvis. My Object of Desire is their kids’ desk, which is low enough for us Smols.
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Check out Husky brand work bench from Home Depot, crank adjustable and sturdy in ten months of use.
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Ohhh I remember that coming up at some point! Thanks.
Also thanks @nickybecky1! The manual adjustment difficulty – what was your experience with it? I had a crank adjust in grad school that was really easy for me to move, but all it ever had on it was a laptop, a monitor, a keyboard, and a small pile of research texts that I used as a laptop stand…
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Oooh that’s such a neat idea! For what’s it’s worth, I’m 5’2" and my standing height with the keyboard tray is nearly 42" , but especially without a keyboard tray that would easily fit. I do like having the keyboard out of the way.
@diapasoun the manual one I had wasn’t crank, so that might be better! It was a lift handle type. My husband got it because he’d had one like it at work that was actually pneumatic and so easy to move but this one was like you had to be able to lift the desk. And with my two monitors on it, that got hard real fast, especially when I was pregnant.
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Yep! I am still really liking the Jarvis. Mine is the normal / “adult” version and its lowest height iirc is 24.5".
It looks like they now sell the kid’s frame with the adult-sized desk toppers - it’s called the “3 stage low frame” and the height range is 23" – 43.3" (including the height of the desktop itself).
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My friend uses an IKEA table with a hand crank to adjust the height. I’ll see if I can find a link if they still make it. LOLOLOL I love that it promotes the arm workout you’ll get 
I personally did not find it difficult to adjust and it did adjust a wee bit at a time if needed. Or if you were a pest of a girlfriend who liked to sneakily adjust it downward a quarter inch at a time throughout the day when your partner went to get more water or check on laundry.
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Non-stick sandwich press with ceramic plates, available in Australia, please. I need to send details to FIL in the next month so he can buy it for Ponder’s birthday.
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I like this so much I’ve bought it twice. Second time was a slightly different model that also has waffle plates (sold separately). Plates come out so they can be put in the dishwasher.
Heat is not 100% consistent over the whole surface so waffles come out slightly browner in some areas than other but still cooked all the way through. (We had waffles this morning so it’s fresh in my mind.)
I’m not sure if the plates are ceramic though.
+1 although the last ones I bought, the plates were nonstick. We did finally get rid of ours when we got an induction stove because it’s so much more convenient to cook on, but I loved this.
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Has anyone here used an interior design service, either online, in person, or a hybrid?
My wife is excited about Havenly, but I’m worried we’ll spend $100 to get a link to couches on cb2, which I could figure out on my own. I would love for someone with a good eye to give me feedback on paint color, light fixtures, and window treatment. The Expert looks cool but seems like it might be overkill for what we need advice with.
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This channels skews a bit younger/apartment renter but this https://youtu.be/Q4RlzkE9yfs example of fiverr designs was pretty impressive for lower price points.
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And for your own research on paint and light I really like Lisa Holt Designs (her personality is hilarious you definitely want to check this one out) and Julie Khuu on youtube. They have good advice on design proportion rules and creating cohesive designs
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@Marcela !! We’re moving into a new house with a quirky layout, and have to figure out how to lay out the living room/dining area/den. Also, the entire place feels very 2000, so we’d like to make some updates. For an added design challenge, my preferred style is “Berkeley professor tree house” and my wife’s is “clean lines, modern, lots of white.” Does this sound like a job for a pro?
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