Decorating & Design
August 20, 2020
No Home Office? No Problem! You Can Put These Versatile Desks Anywhere
With a majority of us answering our emails on our sofa or attending Zoom meetings at the dining room table, having a dedicated spot to do your best work is more important than ever. Even if you don’t have a home office, don’t fret: you can still maximize creativity and productivity with these savvy, versatile desks for every budget. Scroll down and start shopping!
The Winter desk pivots 360 degrees and can turn into a console.
Ikea’s Lommarp desk includes a small niche to thread cables.
There’s plenty of storage in this handsome five-drawer desk with beautiful burl patterning.
This table still resembles a rustic, farmhouse find, but there are hidden shelves on either side that pull out for a printer or extra storage.
These white desks can tuck into tight spaces and has a sweet, Scandi spirit.
This classic desk is perfectly scaled for a bedroom, and has a dreamy duck-egg blue finish and fluted legs that look at home in a boudoir.
This multifunctional Modern desk by Namik Ozkaynak doubles as a dining table, extending to seat four — perfect for condos or other small spaces.
Marc Newson’s electric teal Rigga desk is inspired by a jeweller’s table and has a sinuous, playful shape.
Short on floor space? You need the floating Nubo Occasional wall desk that can be flipped closed at the end of the work day.
This distressed finish of this desk would look at home in a French farmhouse, but it has a drawer front that drops down to accommodate a keyboard.
The sleek Alex desk is modern yet moody; the black finish accents its strong, spare lines.
The Biblio Modern desk boasts leather privacy panels, but it’s the combo of persimmon and black that makes this curvy stunner extra chic.
The Hailings secretary neatly locks up after hours with nesting drawers and an angled top to save space in a narrow hallway.
Channel a Scandinavian state of mind with the streamlined Laval writing desk — it even has a fold down top that conceals clutter.
Technically a console, this piece could do double duty as a desk with the addition of a stool. The joyful citrus hue would be at home in a child or teen’s study area.
This svelte piece features a white leather inset, but the real genius is the narrow lip around the table top: no more knocked phones or tipped over coffee mugs.
Who wouldn’t want to pull up a chair to this luxe beauty? Shagreen-cast drawers and metallic accents earn the Toby desk style points.
Delicate brass legs give the Eden trestle desk a chic and airy Brooklyn-loft look.
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