Post Your Workstation Pics!

[Jonathan Stevenson]

Hey Everyone,

My business partner and I are rebuilding his basement this fall. It's a 400 sqft basement and we're going to gut it and completely re-build it into a bad ass editing Man-Cave. So, what kind of desks work best for editing? What would be a good layout? How should we light the room? What color should we paint the damn walls?

So far, we plan on having 2 Mac Pro dual screen workstations with Red Rockets and Rocket BOB's, a 46" Panasonic Plasma for playback, maybe a projector, a couch or two if they fit, wall outlets for HDMI and XLR, a phone-booth sized Audio booth, a modest sized server rack, and more...

If you have the ultimate workstation, we'd love to see pics. Thanks everyone!

[Jonathan Stevenson]

Come on, no one?

[Shawn R]

That sounds very cool, I am thinking of re-doing my basement as well. I definitely could use a man-cave

[Shawn R]

What I would say is make sure you have a sub-floor. If a pipe breaks or there is flooding you don't want anything to get wet. Add to the security system a flood sensor. For walls you can get products that won't absorb water. Sound proofing for the ceiling. Dimmable lighting. Separate the lighting into groups and have seperate switches....task, general.... . Wiring for power, install GFCI breakers in the panel. If you have a long desk use cable management systems with plugs every 12 inches.

Check out this company, you can get their stuff at home depot:
http://www.legrand.us/Wiremold/Racew...ay/NM2000.aspx

Indirect lighting for working that way no glare on screens.

[Shawn R]

This is just a kick ass office setup here that I found googling.

[Bruce Allen]

Come on, no one?

It's the weekend - see what I can do on Monday.

Bruce Allen
www.boacinema.com

[Jonathan Stevenson]

Great tips Shawn, thanks! Bruce, don't let me down...

[Sarah C.]

"He said, MAN-CAVE."

giggle. :)

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[John Saunders]

Here is a pic of ours, nothing special, we still need to work a little on the lighting and I want to switch out the samsung LCD for a panisonic plasma. We built the desk ourselves and are working on building a second desk for our other workstation. We painted the wall a certian grey from sherman williams that I saw some where on a forum its a lot cheaper that the real calibrated grey paint

[Jonathan Stevenson]

Here is a pic of ours, nothing special, we still need to work a little on the lighting and I want to switch out the samsung LCD for a panisonic plasma. We built the desk ourselves and are working on building a second desk for our other workstation. We painted the wall a certian grey from sherman williams that I saw some where on a forum its a lot cheaper that the real calibrated grey paint

Dude, this is exactly what we're going for. Love the hardwood floors, but does it mess with your acoustics at all? How hard was it to build the desk?