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Caimar Salizi's warm wood desk setup — Houston TX, USA

S·0005 · Caimar Salizi · Houston TX, USA · 2025

In their own words

Start with the basics: a good desk and chair are essential. From there, focus on cable management and lighting. Personalized touches like artwork or themed decorations can really make your space unique and enjoyable to work in.

Caimar Salizi

Observation notes

Start with the basics: a good desk and chair are essential.

Caimar's wall runs a gallery of anime prints — Batman, One Piece, Demon Slayer — behind a 49-inch curved Samsung Odyssey that echoes the geometric Batman wallpaper across its full width. A chrome lightsaber prop and a Loupedeck controller sit on the Hexcal Studio riser next to the monitor, with a wood-slat panel wall and warm floor lamps setting the tone for the Houston studio.

Below, a semi-transparent mechanical keyboard with visible orange switches sits on a walnut wrist rest, paired with an iPad propped for reference and a stitched leather tray for pen and paper. The build reads as themed without losing function — cable management and lighting doing the quiet work behind the posters.

Gear list

28 items
Desk
The desk features a Karlby countertop from Ikea with Topsky legs mounted on wheels.
Laptop
2022 Macbook pro
Laptop stand
Ascrono stand
Monitor
49” Samsung Odyssey G9 Oled 240hz 0.3ms
Monitor arm
Premium Heavy Duty Monitor Arm by Vivo
Keyboard
Mojo 84 by Melgeek
Ambient
All lights are by Govee: M1 light strip, Monitor back light, Light bars, 2x Neon rope lights, Floor Lamp 2, Lyra Floor lamp, Lume Cube Edge light 2.0
Storage
Alex Drawers from Ikea
External storage
Ugreen NAS DXP4800
Headphones
SONY XM3 noise cancellation
Mic
Fifine Condenser Microphone
Phone
iphone 15 pro
Tablet
12” iPad Pro M2
Watch
Apple Watch Ultra
Clock
Times Gate by Divoom
Charger
100W brick by Ugreen

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