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Buying a secondhand desk: inspect the joints

Look past surface scratches and ask whether the structure can survive another move.

A second chair should support the conversation without closing the route through the room.

Low dividers and a few measured compartments usually beat a collection of tiny boxes.

Shared storage needs a few visible agreements, especially when people's work looks similar.

The furniture's final dimensions are only part of getting it into the room.

The same oval plug can carry very different combinations of power, data and video.

Begin with the computer and the displays you need to connect, then work outward.

A few extra data ports may be all the expansion a desk needs.

Name the signal source and destination before choosing the piece between them.