Choosing a brand new desk? We've been spending some time sleuthing out the best desks you'll want to type atop when working from home. Whether for five days a week or one, owning a comfortable and stylish desk – complete with practical storage – will make your 9-5 easier.
Whether for sitting inside your bijou city apartment or your gargantuan county home, there are lots of unique style desks to select from in our shopping edit below. We've been shopping everywhere from Swoon to west elm, Habitat and we even had a little browse at The Conran Shop. The result? Plenty of gorgeous finds for your home office, a corner of your living room or even for your bedroom.
Whatever your home decor style from boho to contemporary or Scandi-style, we've found a range of desks to carry your clutter and emanate style. What are you waiting for?
Head straight to our home office ideas page to be inspired when it comes to re-arranging your office furniture and decorating. Why not deck your new desk out with some attractive desk accessories while you're at it? Because no desk is complete without a stunning desk lamp or even a compact coffee machine (should there be enough space).
The best desks – as chosen by the Livingetc team
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1. west elm's Penelope Mini Desk
2. Habitat's Max Oak Desk with 1 Drawer
3. Dunelm's Franco Desk
4. Swoon's Pembridge Folding Desk
5. Habitat Gala Desk
6. Made's Solly Wide Desk
7. Habitat's Jessie Walnut Ladder Desk
8. Swoon Elson Desk
9. Dunelm's Evelyn Concrete Effect Folding Desk
10. Matthew Hilton for Case Furniture Brockwell Desk
11. Swoon's Watts Corner Desk
What to look for in a new desk?
Size
It goes without us saying that you will need to choose a desk that will suit the size of your home office – or wherever else you will be working from. Whether it's a foldable desk, a leaning ladder desk or even a corner desk you are after – perhaps it's your standard-size desk? Try not to go for one that will drown out a room. While you obviously want a desk with space, it's important that this doesn't take over a living room or dining room space.
Storage
Desk storage is an important feature, whether you tend to put pen to paper a lot or not. You'll need somewhere – even if it is small – to hide your belongings from pens to knick-knacks and various paperwork. Whether this is a drawer or cupboard is your choice.
Then comes cable management, another important desk feature – especially if you would like this space to stay looking tidy. Cable management is usually hidden and can vary in form, whether it's a hole in the desk for weaving wires through or a tray for your wires to rest on.
Material
This will be down to your preference – and style but all-in-all, you'll want to opt for something that's sturdy. Especially when it comes to the frame. Solid wood and metal are both great choices.
Easy to clean?
Make sure your new desk has an easy to clean top so that after shutting your laptop each evening, you can give your workspace a little clean – and with ease. Shiny desktops tend to be easiest to wipe clean.
Where to buy a new desk?
If you've perused our picks above and are still after a desk to suit your interior style, then don't you worry: there's lots more where those ones came from. Here's where else you should search for a new desk. Just click through below to shop.
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