I didn't know GC had a thread like this! I used to play an old PC game called GUNZ: The Duel and on a fan website people would always put up pics of their desktops. Which is when I started to enjoy "cleaning up" my desktop screen and make it look nice. You blades have some cool artwork being used!
You can make all desktop items hidden instead of creating a folder like that. It's what I do. I pin a link to fike explorer but never use it to be honest. I just click the file explorer and then click desktop.