Room decision · Reviewed July 27, 2026

Wall mount, desk arm, or leave the stand alone?

The prettiest option is useless when you cannot drill, the wall is wrong, the desk says no, or the setup needs to move next month. Let the room narrow the field.

Decision workbench

Choose the mounting surface before the hardware

Your result

Permission and structure come before style

Wall, desk, and freestanding options stay separate until the real surface and the right to alter it are known.

What this cannot inspect

Unknown structure stays unknown

This worksheet does not identify studs, masonry anchors, desk cores, or safe fasteners. It tells you which families still deserve exact hardware research and which facts must be verified first.