The quest for the perfect desk (because sitting on the floor is not good)

Moving to Spain has its ups and downs. Mostly, I have to say, ups... But one struggle has been finding a great standing workstation.

I love standing desks — in fact, I love our Vari desks — but alas, after our move to Barcelona we had to leave them behind. Vari doesn’t make a European-compatible standing desk, and using power converters… well, messy, expensive, and prone to burnout. Not to mention all the heat they kick out, that’s not going to be welcome in the summer months in Spain.

I thought finding a standing desk would be a breeze. Turns out it was more challenging than I expected. There are options. But between shipping constraints, cost, and availability of specific models in Spain, none of them made for an easy choice.

Here’s a quick recap of our journey to find the perfect desk — and where we landed, with final impressions of the desks we decided to go with.

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