As more and more of us work from home, a home office is becoming an important space in our homes. From a place to do house admin, to a quite spot to host Zooms or a place to do homework, we all need a carve out a home office in our homes. And to make the perfect working-from-home set up, you’re going to need a decent desk. Here’s my pick of 9 the best desk, and there is one to suit every home set up.
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Modern Office Desk in Matt White With 3 Drawers
1. GOOD FOR Scandi LOVERS
There is something really minimal yet grand about this desk, don’t you think? I’m a big fan Scandinavian design and this desk ticks a lot of boxes for me. The bleached wooden retro legs and the streamline drawers make it blend into the room. No matter how much paperwork clutter you pile up on it, it still looks pretty sleek. It would make a great contrast in a period home which has panelling like this one. Perfect to slot into a living room situation.
Ravenscroft Compact Desk in Oak
2. GOOD FOR STURDY DESIGN
This solid wooden desk is great for a dedicated home office areas, and the sturdy design looks like it is highly durable. The grey felt touchy-feely felt desk chair looks so comfy to sit in too. The desk is achingly cool too with a hidden drawer for your clutter and open sections to file your letters and bills. I love the giant street map on the wall too! Much better than facing a blank wall any day.
Basic Office Desk
3. GOOD FOR SMALL HOMES
If you live in a smaller home, you’re going to need to squeeze in a home office somehow. And this is your perfect little home office set up with a desk slotting perfectly in a bedroom corner or on a landing space. Sneak in a chair and hang a cool print up above and you’re good to go.
I think it is really important to place your desk right by a window as natural light keeps you working for longer and for nighttime work invest in a bright desk light. Make your home office space look like an inviting space, with a posey of flowers and a scented candle burning on your desk.
St James Compact Desk in Oak
4. Good For MESSY CABLES
A nook is all you need to create a space to sit and work. In this room, a desk transforms a corner into an area perfect for reading the papers or writing a letter. This desk extends out and has a soft-close feature (no more banging and bashing when paying your bills). Bonus for a neat freak like me is that this desk comes with a ‘cable management feature’ to keep your desk free of wires, hurrah!
The space is a complete clash between the modern minimal oak desk and the crazy hand-painted mural (oh, and don’t forget the stuffed Moose head). But it looks sooo good! Crazy good!
PS My granddad had a retro phone like that in the 1980s.
Bloom Scandinavian Office Desk in White
5. Good for loft living
The trend for all-white rooms is here to stay. And you can see why here. Painted brickwork in an loft-living setting, just pop this desk in one corner and you instantly have a home office space. The chair is inspired choice because it doesn’t look like your classic office chair. I’ve spotted the Peace sign book ends on eBay.
My top tip: Keep a bowl of fruit on your desk, it stops you munching on junk food when you’re on your laptop all day.
Highbury Trestle Desk
6. Good for hallways
When you are tight on room and are looking to add in a home office, then you can’t overlook any space, and that includes hallways & corridors. These underrated areas of our homes can make ideal home office spaces for us. Trestle table desks are always really spacious so makes the suitable if you need to spread out with your paperwork. And you can easily store the whole thing out the way if you need to make more room in your home.
Chalkboard walls are never going to go out of fashion, they are just too good an idea. You don’t have to use black, for years I had a bright blue chalk board wall. Drawing on a huge monthly planner is a good way to keep track of what everyone in the house is doing, as well as stick up invites or reminders.
Baron Desk With Flat Top
7. Good For MULTI FUCNTIONAL home offices
This is what I call a ‘proper desk’. It reminds me of the ones at school with flip-up lid and you’d store all your books and pens underneath. This is a modern version with 3 flip-up bits to divide your office into handy sections.
Adding a fun patchwork chair adds colour and pattern into your home office, and stops the space looking too serious. I like this one called Brighton (after my home town) as it is upholstered in a bold print.
Style tip: Dare to add colour with bold blue walls! The more colour there is in a room, the more inspired and creative you will be.
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Classic Unique Kid’s Desk
8. Good For Homework
It’s quiet important for children to have a dedicated area to do their after-school work. I know as a child that I found it much easier to work at my desk (I had an original 1940s wooden school one my mum found in a junk shop).
What’s nice about this desk is that it has loads of storage for books and felt tip pens. The monochrome colours is bang on trend – loving that IKEA rug. I actually want that half moon storage basket for myself (will I ever grow up?)
Key is to keep the space as fun as possible to encourage kids to do their homework.
READ: 6 ideas for creating a home office using things you already own
Farringdon Laptop Desk with Drawer
9. Great for laptops
Most desks are not designed for sitting all day at a laptops, making it uncomfortable to type at a normal desk for too long. That is why I have my eye on specially designed laptop desk with a pull-out drawer.
Style tip: One way to make sure all office looks smart and contained is to go for matching furniture like this handy shelving unit. I really got into buying white folders and magazine files to keep everything in my office looking chic even when it is out on display.
9 of the best Stylish yet practical Desks Ideas for your home office
I hope this post has inspired you to shop around for a good looking desk for your home office space? And remember, to find the ideal office desk for your space, explore the curated range of compact and stylist designs at officechair.com and your sure to find one that fits beautifully into any home office set up.
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