r/desktops

Wayne, a designer and photographer, built his desk entirely by hand — ocean board planks, hand-stained brown for a weathered vintage depth, then anchored by a black walnut riser and a Macintosh-era inspired dock that deepens the retro signal. The rest of the surface pulls deliberately in the other direction: carbon fiber mat, sparse keyboard, minimal objects. His take is straightforward: a setup reflects taste, not a template — so he engineered the tension between vintage and precision rather than picking one.

Gear list:
- Desk: Custom DIY (ocean board, brown stain finish)
- Monitor: Redmi A27U Type-C
- Monitor arm: Huixiang K-series
- Monitor light: BenQ Screenbar Pro
- Keyboard: Cherry K5V2
- Mouse: ATK R1 SE
- Chair: Xiaoji X5
- Desk riser: TOD black walnut
- Laptop stand: Twelve South
- Hub: wokiys M5 (Macintosh-inspired)
- Storage: Orico Minimate
- Audio: Huazai Haijingfang
- Desk mat: Songne carbon fiber texture
- Ambient: Govee Life
- Camera: Sony A7M2

Hexcal cable management runs underneath — the one invisible layer that keeps the handbuilt surface exactly as intended.

*Setup Festival 2026 · r/SetupFestival*

she is soooooo cute!!! i love fureverdock!!!

Made using the amazing Waylandcraft by EVV1E

House build by: kality

#nalacat #desktop #desktoppet

Music: drowning in problems by 68+1
https://open.spotify.com/track/0Ae6jV1xOJcMxSRF91FMLT

I got so used to the top bar, it feels really weird when I don't have it there

I was wondering if there's anything I can change to make my desktop look better. To me, it looks alright, I guess, but my friends keep saying that there's something off. Any suggestions?

i always see them but i don't know how to get it

built a neofetch-inspired skin for Windows. shows your OS, CPU, GPU, RAM, disks, and network status in a clean terminal layout.

auto-detects your drives, handles Google Drive for Desktop, and switches between Ethernet and Wi-Fi automatically. two color themes, dark and light. scroll to resize.

it's free.

full portfolio at patreon.com/brendowmoura

^(🖥️ Rainmeter skin for Windows — you'll need Rainmeter installed first:) ^(rainmeter.net)

finally got windows looking the way I wanted it to be, blur everywhere xD firefox still got some glitches, but other than that I think it looks pretty cool

zjay is a Guangzhou-based photographer and custom keyboard builder — a self-described homebody whose desk reflects exactly that: built to stay in, not to perform on a spec sheet. The warm-dark palette, autumn forest wallpaper, and industrial yellow keycaps read as a coherent aesthetic without needing explanation.

Gear:
- Desk: Hexcal height-adjustable frame with custom solid wood black top
- Keyboard: Matrix My2K 80 Industrial Yellow
- Mouse: Lofree
The Hexcal frame is the structural backbone here — the custom solid wood top does the rest.
*Setup Festival 2026 · r/SetupFestival*

My Hyprland config broke after the latest update so I moved to KDE. I'd use XFCE to get closer to the original but it doesn't have Wayland support. This looks nice as well. Spotify theme from the Spicetify marketplace.