The Lagkapten/Alex Desk, My favorite Ikea Desk

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My daughter fell in love with the Lagkapten/Alex Desk so we re-arranged her room to fit it. This is by far the coolest desk and has quickly become my favorite piece of furniture in her room!

In honor of the new opening of the Ikea in Columbus, Ohio I would like to share with you my daughters Ikea desk.  We bought this last winter at the Ikea in Cincinnati Ohio.  

It’s a large desk, almost 6 feet in length!!!  The top was so long it didn’t fit nicely into the bed of my husband’s truck.  It had to be angled and I was a complete basket case driving back!

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The Lagkapten/Alex Desk

This desk has 2 Alex drawers that anchor the ends of the desk with a post in the middle for support.  If you are wondering if the post gets in the way it doesn’t at all.  

This desk measures almost 6 feet in length so finding space for it is difficult, especially in a kid’s bedroom.  She is one lucky teenage girl, she has a great sized room with 2 closets (yes ladies I said two!!!!).  

Her goal is to get rid of all dressers and have all her clothes in the closet with only the desk, bed, and nightstands in the room as furniture.  She had to move out a set of shelves in order to fit the desk in right now, but all the stuff that was displayed on the shelves neatly fits in the drawers or on the desktop.  

As you can see she uses the desk for not only homework/computer (aka Netflix) but she also uses it as her vanity. But if you don’t have the space for a 6 foot desk never fear, this desk comes in a smaller version. The smaller one is about 4 1/2 feet in length. 

I cannot recommend this desk enough!  It was so easy to put together.  It came with a lot of parts and took a couple of hours to put together because we were taking our time, but it went very smoothly.  She and I were able to do it ourselves, with no need for help from the hubs.  

I am very jealous of this desk, it just holds so much and is so pretty!  I may just have to get one for myself.

Other great Ikea Desks

If you don’t have the room for this large version they do have a shorter one, it’s called the Malm.  You can find it here.

This desk is called the Alex. It just has the two drawers at the top. This would be great if you have a small space it could do double duty as a nightstand and desk.

These desks come in several different color combos. They have black, brown, gray, white, and you can combine them to create something unique to you.

I have linked these two desks to Amazon. They do cost more on Amazon than they do in the store but not everyone lives near a store. Also it’s sometimes hard to get them in stock, even if you do live near a store. So here is another option.

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I hope you learned a little bit about the Lagkapten/Alex desk. It truly is a large desk that holds everything you could ever need it to hold! And it looks super cute too!