Roundup: 10 Small Desks Under $250

With school back in session and work on overload a good small desk is a necessity. We work on a vintage left handed desk we found at a garage sale and have found loads of great small desks on craigslist. But for those that don't have the time to scour and just need a great small desk for under $250, jump below:

• 1. Jay Desk from West Elm, $199
• 2. The Harwick Secretary's Desk starting at $138
• 3. Shabby Chic Desk from Target for $130
• 4. Simple Secretary Desk from Target, $150
• 5. Sawhorse Desk from Pier One, $150
• 6. Trig Console from CB2, $169
• 7. Malia Desk from Target, $129
• 8. Besta Burs Desk from Ikea, $250
• 9. Sloane Leaning Desk from Crate and Barrel, $129
• 9. HIghland Desk from Overstock, $175

Comments (10)

You can call #3 a desk all day long - but nothing that small can really be a desk...
...nice looking console tho.

posted by bepsf on October 2nd 2009 at 2:48pm
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I agree with bepsf. Desk # 3 is nothing more than a place to drop my keys and purse on.

"Welcome to my humble ablog"

posted by humble ablog on October 2nd 2009 at 3:34pm
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I really don't care at all about the desks, but I'm TOTALLY using the border pattern from the first one in my bathroom.

posted by deliriumsama on October 2nd 2009 at 3:37pm
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the besta burs would make a really hot sofa table too...I was eyeing it at IKEA in red! i kinda thought the pulls (silver lip on the drawers) cheapen it a bit, but I don't think you need to screw them on

posted by ShanaRuth on October 2nd 2009 at 3:40pm
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What about the best desk ever, the Parsons Mini Desk from West Elm?

http://www.westelm.com/products/f787/?pkey=coffice-desks-chairs

posted by sheilasinn on October 2nd 2009 at 4:24pm
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Could be my computer screen or could be the photography, but... the desk in the second photo looks like it has identical "distress" marks on each of its three doors.

Actually, just checked the site and it's the same there. Pretty poor!

posted by mirandabee on October 2nd 2009 at 5:15pm
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I'm partial to this one:
http://www.walmart.com/catalog/product.do?product_id=11061216

...it is $200 less than this one http://www.westelm.com/products/f787/?pkey=coffice-desks-chairs from west elm.

posted by k ran on October 3rd 2009 at 5:05pm
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Besta Burs from Ikea is not very small. It is narrow in depth, but over 70" long.

posted by bmb on October 4th 2009 at 2:20pm
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7. Malia Desk from Target, $129 - NOW $99.00

I had fallen in love it with that desk weeks back and at this price I am finding it hard not to buy it.

posted by Haunted_Studio on October 5th 2009 at 2:30pm
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I love that Ikea desk. I have a long wall and need something that I can use as a laptop/makeup & jewelry table. This looks like perfection. and I can still put my pop-together shelving underneath the parts I want too...yay!

posted by Northwest in LA on October 5th 2009 at 7:30pm
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