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How to Make a Standing Desk From $22 in Ikea Parts
You don't have to choose between a $3,000 model and balancing your computer on a stack of paperbacks
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Buoyed by research that suggests long periods of sedentary activity can make you generally more likely to die—and that being upright makes you generally more alert—the standing desk movement has developed an almost cult-like devotion among workplace self-improvement types.
Standing desks are expensive. High-end adjustable models can easily demand a few thousand dollars. And not all offices are accommodating when it comes to swapping out company-issue equipment that may be bolted to the floor.