I Build Something HUGE For Myself.... and It Sucks

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I love it. Lol this build series should be called Sunday Morning Wood 😂

As far as the metal part of the desk goes: Powder coating! It'll cost ya but you can't beat it and if its no good you send it back to them to deal with.

Floating shelves made from the same type of wood as the desk would look good on that black wall. Should work some sort of lighting features in somewhere too. You should also explore the idea of a real waterfall somewhere in your office too. The sound of water can really help you relax after a long day.

Hey John, you're probably going to want additional sound deadining in the office and honestly something to keep the pings of the metal on the desk to keep from being picked up from your mic. Sound damping panels for the walls and signage behind you and a couple sheets of dynamat under the desk to keep the desk noise quiet while recording

If I May, a french cleat blending with the paint for some "changeability" for the scenario would be nice in that wall. Warm regards from Brazil!!!

The desk looks really classy, I would have thought to use it on the other side, have your monitors and computer on the metal, but then keyboard, mouse, and writing on the live edge. (however, would require a rebuild...) As for the wall, I'd think a collection of shelves, live edge, and metal would look really good, but also maybe some large pieces of art/signs/etc used to house/disguise sound dampening would be helpful as your podcast studio gets more heavily used.

Live edge floating shelves. From top to bottom contrasting different woods and colors. And then add your 2 logos in the back out of wood and metal.

Suggestion for grinding and when you use a circular saw to cut sheet metal: face shield or put on a welding helmet that has the auto dimmer. It keeps the sparks off your face. Also, any time anyone is in the shop space for any reason, they need safety glasses, goggles, or a face shield on. It is an OSHA regulation and it will save an eyeball or at least the pain of getting a splinter or steel filing from a spark in the eye and having to go to the ER to get it removed. Also, you only get two eyes, so don't waste your spare one when some cheap safety glasses will protect them. If the camera crew needs to look into a view finder to film, look at options for safety guards for the camera for protecting their eyes. My qualifications for this are being on multiple safety committees at industrial sites, including a plant that manufactured explosives and required training related to safety to be on, and the industrial first aid training I received that covered treating eye injuries. My instructor for the first aid class was an EMT with over 25 years of experience in the field. He had seen the difference between when there were safety glasses and when there weren't. It is the difference between going blind and just having a lot of surgeries and having a bad eye afterwards. One of the companies I worked for had a hall of shame for unsafe things they found and hall of fame for safety equipment that saved people. Lots of safety glases shattered or with grinder disc shard embedded in them, but the photo of the worker with just a black eye instead of an eye patch.

Maybe something to match the desk: Metal frame shelves with some wood boards and accents Maybe placed off-center onto some painted-on pipe network to create one wall filling peace of functional art

if your not happy with the finish on the metal side of the desk I recommend wet sanding with 1000-2000 grit and then buffing with automotive polishing compound. This is what I did when I painted my old tanker desk to make it slightly above average.

I love the desk.. I think I'd take a thin strip of wood and put it at the end so it makes it wood the metal then wood. Makes it looks like the metal was in the wood. Now for the wall I'd do signs and floating shelves but with the same wood as the desk.. maybe a metal one or two.. thats just me .. the office looks great

I was going to comment on the lack of monitors......nevermind!! Mini-fridge....yeah.....air fryer, wait what??!! Brilliant!! I have a whole cabinet devoted to fishing tackle in my basement office. Safety squints were fully engaged at all times!! The extra metal cleat needs a walnut box attached hanging down to act as a drink holder, an LED light controller for the lights under the desk, and a "Get out of my office!!" emergency button!! Have a great vacation!!

Make a tree trunk 'grow up' the wall, with each shelf acting as a branch coming off the trunk on either side. Of course they would need to be floating for this to work.

Notion is the best! I manage all my business in Notion. I also put all my plans there and even run my D&D campaign on it!

I need to see a kayak fishing series, love seeing a black pack in the office. Should introduce a tackle review / catch & cook maybe?!

Cedar plank herring bone pattern wall with a picture frame center piece of your logo. I do tile work and recently did a backsplash and it sparked the idea.

"When I get inclined to dangle" is definitely going in the rotation.

Awesome Desk! As to your Black Wall, just a suggestion, divide the space into 3 sections. Top Center section, large business logo signage. Sign would be the focal point. Left And right sides, 2 possible ideas. 1st would be photo gallery of your completed projects. Gives your future clients samples of what your shop can do for them. Tells a story. 2nd idea, floating shelves. For both ideas at the bottom would build cabinets to store merchandise, forms, and other office/shop supplies. Also a couple file drawers for client work. Always a good idea to keep paper back-up in case of computer failure.

That's a wicked desk.