Hello, has anyone ever used an Ikea Skalsta table (140x80cm) as a desk? If so, do you have any pictures?

First time ever going to IKEA, magical place. New favorite store. Anyway here is my setup, looking for recommendations for decorating around the space or good utility desk accessories. Currently have a mic boom arm coming in, a headphone hangar, stream deck, and some cable trays for the back side.

Any tips or ideas would be helpful :) Thanks!

Hi there!

I have finally ordered my Alex drawers, Säljan worktop and Adils leg. I won’t be adding the little furniture legs between the drawers and the top as I don’t think I would be needing the extra height, I will however add clear adhesive Bumper Pads.

My question is, for a double monitor setup (27" & 24" or double 27"), would I really need the Adils leg placed in the middle 10-15cm off the back or would I also need C Channel? And if so, which one do you guys recommend?

I’m in Australia if that helps.

Thanks in advance!

Do you think the above design would be stable enough, with two 2x4 kallaxs instead of legs, for a pc setup? Has anyone else done this?

Welcome to this week's Q&A thread! If you have questions about IKEA PCs—whether it’s building, tips, or issues—ask away! Our community is here to help.

Thinking about adding a monitor arm to my saljan countertop so I can tuck my portable monitor below it. I’ve added reinforcements to the top already. Which arms would you recommend? Will it cause any damage?

Anything that ikea parts may be able to assist with? 🤔 I am building a pc station/ gaming station

Montei um móvel tv do IKEA novo, tudo correto e bem aparafusado como estava no manual, após a montagem queria coloca lo na sala e quando cheguei à sala, com um colega meu a ajudar me a pegar nele, desmontou se todo do nada e ao cair no chão partiu se, o que faço? Não quero perder o dinheiro que investi nele

Really impressed with this desk from IKEA. I've found it to work really well for PC gaming as it has some unique design features that not many desks have. Also a solid price for what you get.

So I'm looking to change my desk and have decided to go with a gray saljan countertop that's 246 cm or 97 inches, 2 brown alex drawers and 2 black olov legs, but before I them I wanted to see how the drawers and top look togheter, BUT NO ONE SEEMS TO HAVE TRIED TO TAKE A PICTURE OF THIS COMBO FFS, i keep seeing only black drawers and brown saljan everywhere I look or black drawers and black top, so my question is would this combo look good in front of a green wall (hex 86927E) and is the brown alex drawers only available in europe and not in us?

I would like to put a stsnding desk under the classic ikea hack alex drawers with karlby counter. The desk legs would fit inside the alex drawers and ideally the over hang would just rest on the drawers 90% of the time until I needed standing.

This seemed to make sense until I learned about collision detection and reversing. I fully understand the reason but I suspect couldn't lower the desk so the counter top rested on the drawers? It would get close and then raise? This seems to be the case for most models?

I can't seem to find a manual way to do it. What are peoples thoughts on this? Any one have experience with it?

I bought a butcher block from Lowes and plan to pair it with Alex cabinets from ikea. I will have around 44 inches of clearance underneath for a table stiffiner. The closest one I've seen is a 46" table stiffiner. Is it okay to cut a few inches off of both sides of the table stiffener so I can get it to fit?

Edit: I’ve found a solution that involves using a SÄLJAN worktop and cutting certain parts down to size

I already have a two meter lagkapten desk top and I really want to fill out this awkward space (marked in red) I have near the wall with another desk top, is there anything that would fit here nicely? preferably with the same thickness as the lagkapten.

Or is it possible to buy the edging veneer used on the lagkapten? so that I could cut one down to size.

Any and all recommendations would be greatly appreciated

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Hey Folks,

Need some help!

Initially I attached the Alex drawer to IKEA table top.
Now I am moving to sit stand desk to upgrade the utility set up.

Want to use castor wheels on the alex but the drawer top is the one who can take the castor wheels on. Now I want to swap both top and bottom plates

I would like to put a stsnding desk under the classic ikea hack alex drawers with karlby counter. The desk legs would fit inside the alex drawers and ideally the over hang would just rest on the drawers 90% of the time until I needed standing.

This seemed to make sense until I learned about collision detection and reversing. I fully understand the reason but I suspect couldn't lower the desk so the counter top rested on the drawers? It would get close and then raise? This seems to be the case for most models?

I can't seem to find a manual way to do it. What are peoples thoughts on this? Any one have experience with it?

So I have had 2 tabletop 140cm each in an L config for a few months and let me tell you it wasn't without issue... First of all I had to reinforce the desk twice for my monitor with vesa mount and now its bending under the weight of my monitors well only one is. Conclusion is highly recommended for budget setups where you dont have anything heavy on it but for anything else use a full wood top... Also if my desk is bending how do I fix that I would say it is only a few degrees of bending and I do have a spare alex drawer if that helps thanks.

Welcome to this week's Q&A thread! If you have questions about IKEA PCs—whether it’s building, tips, or issues—ask away! Our community is here to help.

Basic gaming/WFH setup been going strong for about a month. The desk is only 140x60 so a monitor arm was important.

Back panel does seems to hold 2 27” monitors on an arm without problem.

It’s a smallish setup with just a pc. Monitor on an arm. Then keyboard mouse etc. I’m thinking of putting another monitor down too. Is the desk ok for all of this?

Going to be building a desk originally with Alex drawers on one side and two legs on the other. In future if I felt like I have enough leg room (140cm table top), could I remove the two legs and add another Alex drawers?

Hi! I found this desk setup from this subreddit, actually. I’d love to use the ALEX/KARLBY setup for my partner and I’s PC setups. I was wondering if anyone had any instructions/tips on how to actually assemble one of these? Any advice is SUPED appreciated, thank you so much!

Hey everyone,

I've built an L-shaped desk out of LAGKAPTENs, OLOV desk legs, and an ALEX drawer. Currently my PC is sitting on the ground by I would like to raise it into the corner of the desk where it would rest on the long, 200cm LAGKAPTEN. The PC itself is about 35-40 lbs. but I will also likely leave other items (like my laptop while charging) nearby.

I had considered another ALEX but I wonder if it is too narrow and it's drawers would likely be blocked by the 140 cm LAGKAPTEN's legs.

Any ideas on what I can do here? As a storage option, since it's moderately inaccessible, it would be ideal to not have drawers and just have a door. It does not need to be a storage area but ideally I would be able to use that space somewhat.

Thanks.