Design yours

The free monitor shelf designer

Design it in minutes. Get a build plan made for your desk.

Tell it your desk and your screens. It works out a shelf that fits to the millimetre, then hands you a plan to make it: a desk plan, a cutting sheet for the dowels and the steps, with pictures. Designing is free, and so is every plan, every time.

Design your shelf, free See a sample plan (PDF)
  • Designer free, forever
  • Build plans free, every time
  • Shelf files R350 once
A cutting sheet: each dowel drawn to scale, every piece letteredA step page: a picture of your shelf at each stage, and what to doA desk plan: your desk from above, to scale, with the shelf, your screens and every size marked

Your build plan

Every page made for your desk.

A plan for your shelf alone: no guessing at the printer, the saw or the order things go together. It's free, for every shelf, every time.

  • A desk plan: your desk from above, to scale, with the shelf, your screens and every size marked

    Desk plan

    Your desk from above, to scale, with every size marked.

  • A part page: the part on the print bed, its size, time and filament, and tips

    A page per part

    How it sits on the bed, its size, time and filament.

  • A cutting sheet: each dowel drawn to scale, every piece lettered

    Cutting sheet

    Every dowel drawn to scale, each piece lettered.

  • A sheet of labels to tape on each dowel piece

    Labels

    Tape one on each piece as you cut it.

  • A step page: a picture of your shelf at each stage, and what to do

    Step by step

    Your own shelf at every stage, with arrows.

Download a sample plan (PDF) for the "Two screens" ready-made shelf.

How it works

Three steps, a few minutes.

No measuring tape maths, no guesswork. The designer does the fiddly bits and checks everything fits.

  1. 700 mm (70 cm)

    01

    Design it, free

    Your desk, your screens, a shape and a few extras. It checks everything fits as you go. Free, as often as you like.

  2. 02

    Get your plan

    Your build plan is free, every time: desk plan, cutting sheet and steps. When you're ready, the shelf files are R350, once, for every shelf you design.

  3. 03

    Print it and build it

    Print the frames, cut the dowels from any hardware store, and press it all together. Extras clip onto the dowels or sit under the shelf.

Ready-made

Start from a shelf that already fits.

Six popular setups, worked out down to the millimetre. Open one as it is, or change anything you like.

  • A shelf of one section, 572 mm wide, on a 1 200 × 600 mm desk, with a 27-inch screen and a phone stand.

    One screen

    The classic. One screen up, and the keyboard slides under when you're done.

    572 mm wide · 1 screenmaterials about R314 · 29 h

  • A straight shelf of two sections, 1 135 mm wide, on a 1 600 × 750 mm desk, with two 27-inch screens, a cable tray, a cable clip and a phone stand.

    Two screens

    A section for each screen, side by side, with a tray behind for the cables.

    1 135 mm wide · 2 screensmaterials about R528 · 49 h

  • A shelf of one section, 907 mm wide, on a 1 600 × 750 mm desk, with a 34-inch ultrawide screen, a phone stand and a pen cup.

    Ultrawide

    One long section for a wide screen, with room beside it for a phone and pens.

    907 mm wide · 1 screenmaterials about R424 · 40 h

  • A wraparound shelf of three sections, 1 656 mm wide, on a 1 800 × 800 mm desk, with three 27-inch screens.

    Three screens

    The ends turn toward you, so the side screens face your chair.

    1 656 mm wide · 3 screensmaterials about R732 · 66 h

  • An L-shaped shelf of two sections, 1 024 mm wide, on a 1 600 × 1 000 mm desk, with a 27-inch and a 24-inch screen and a pair of bookends.

    Corner desk

    Along the back and down one side, for an L-shaped desk.

    1 024 mm wide · 2 screensmaterials about R683 · 74 h

  • A shelf of one section, 457 mm wide, on a 1 000 × 550 mm desk, with a 24-inch screen and a pen cup.

    Small desk

    Compact, for a one-metre desk and a 24 inch screen.

    457 mm wide · 1 screenmaterials about R238 · 28 h

Made to measure

We check it fits before you print.

The designer measures everything the way we would at the workbench, and offers a fix in one tap if something's off.

80 mm

Drawn to scale: a 27-inch screen on two sections, with 80 mm underneath for the keyboard.

Try a colour
  • Nothing hangs off your desk, with room to spare at each end.
  • Everything you keep underneath fits under the 80 mm.
  • Your screens sit side by side, each stand on its own section.
  • Long sections get a support leg in the middle.

Extras

Little things that make it yours.

13 to choose from, all printed to match, clipped onto the dowels or tucked under the shelf. Their files are the extras pack, R149 once.

  • Cable tray

  • Cable clip

  • Phone stand

  • Bookends

  • Pen cup

  • Sticky-note tray

Frames in any colour you like:

  • Bone
  • Graphite
  • Sage
  • Ocean
  • White
  • Black
  • Grey
  • Navy
  • Forest
  • Terracotta
  • Red
  • Orange
  • Mustard
  • Blush
  • Lilac

Prices

Free to design. Pay once to print.

Buy once, then every shelf you design downloads with its files and plan, on any device, with your key.

  • The designer and plans

    Free forever

    Design as many shelves as you like, for any desk, in 3D, with every size checked. Every build plan is free too, every time.

    • Free for anyone, forever, no sign-up
    • Every shape, size and colour
    • A free build plan for every shelf, every time
    Start designing
  • What you need to print

    Shelf files

    R350 once

    The print files for every structural part (end frames, joins, corners, support legs and the test bar: everything that holds the shelf up) for every shelf you'll ever design, each with its build plan.

    • Every shelf you design, forever
    • Every shelf part too, to try other shapes
    • One payment, no subscription
    Design yours, then buy

  • Extras pack

    R149 once

    The print files for every attachment we sell: the phone stand, pen cup, bookends, trays, cable clips and combs, speaker feet and the rest.

    • Every attachment in the catalogue
    • They fit any shelf you design
    • One payment, forever
    Design yours, then buy

Want both? The shelf files and extras pack together are R449 once, R50 less than apart.

Forever means for as long as BestDesk runs. If it ever had to stop, you'd get notice and a last chance to download everything you've bought.

You print the parts and buy the dowels yourself: a single straight shelf is about R292 in filament, dowels and felt pads, and 22 hours of printing. Your numbers show as you design. Prices may change as we grow; anything you've bought stays yours.

Questions

Good to know.

What do I need to measure?

Just the flat top of your desk, side to side and front to back. Then tell us your screens: pick a size, or type your own.

What fits underneath?

There's 80 mm of space under the dowels: enough for a keyboard, a closed laptop or a soundbar. The designer checks your things fit before you print.

Is the designer really free?

Yes. The designer is free, for anyone, forever. No sign-up, no limit on how many shelves you design or how often you change them.

What's in the free build plan?

Everything to build it: your desk plan to scale, what to print and buy, a page for each part, a lettered cutting sheet for the dowels, and the steps with pictures, for the shelf you designed. It's free every time, for every shelf you design, however often you change it.

What are the shelf files?

The print files for the structural parts (end frames, joins, corners, support legs and the test bar: everything that holds the shelf up). R350, once, and every shelf you design after that downloads with its files and build plan, forever.

What's in the extras pack?

The print files for every attachment we sell: the phone stand, pen cup, bookends, trays, cable clips and combs, speaker feet and the rest. R149, once. They clip onto the dowels or sit under the shelf.

Do I pay again for my next shelf?

No. Buy once and every shelf you design after that downloads free: a new desk, a new layout, a second shelf for the office.

How do I pay?

By card, through Polar, our payment partner, in your currency: rand, pounds, euros, or Australian, Canadian or US dollars. You come straight back to your files, with your key, and Polar emails you a receipt.

New computer, or cleared your browser?

Paste your key into the files step and everything you bought is unlocked again. Lost it? It's always in Polar's customer portal: the link is in Polar's receipt email.

What's it made of?

19 mm wooden dowels, held by frames you print in PETG. You pick the frame style and colour; the dowels stay wood.

What printer do I need?

Any printer that does PETG and has room for a 210 mm part on its bed, so a 220 × 220 mm bed or bigger. Every file comes already turned the right way for the bed.

How long does it take to print?

As long as your printer takes. A single straight shelf is about 22 hours of printing, and the designer shows the hours for yours as you go.

Where do I get the dowels?

A hardware store. 19 mm (3/4 inch) is the standard, and if yours sells 18 or 20 mm instead, pick that when you get your files and the holes are cut to match. The build plan's cutting sheet says how many to buy and where to cut each piece.

How much weight can it hold?

We haven't load-tested it yet, so we won't give you a number. A tested figure goes right here once we have one.

Can I use rubber feet?

Yes, instead of felt pads. Every foot has a small hole underneath for a screw-on rubber foot: search for "cutting board feet", up to 20 mm across, with screws 3 to 4 mm thick and up to 16 mm long. Or use stick-on rubber bumpers about 12 mm across. Leave them off any end or corner you screw to the desk.

Your desk, sorted.

The designer is free, for anyone, forever. Build plans are free too, for every shelf, every time.

Design your shelf, free