Small Desk Solutions for Your Home

Last week, we posed a question about whether or not the home office should ever enter the bedroom. Some readers didn't think a designated workspace was necessary in this era of laptops, but for those who fancy a desk here's a roundup of those that won't take up much more than 3 feet by 2 feet of your valuable space.

TOP ROW (LEFT TO RIGHT):
(measurements are the lengths and widths of the desk tops)

1 - Flip Desk (34 inches x 22 inches), West Elm, $399

2 - Offi Wave Desk (40 inches x 26 inches), available in Birch and Walnut, Velocity Art and Design, $899

3 - Rattan Desk (30 inches x 20 inches), Pottery Barn, $249 (Desk and Chair Set, $399)

4 - Helix Desk (30 inches x 20 inches), CB2, $249

5 - Graham Smart Technology™ Secretary (37 inches x 20.5 inches), Pottery Barn, available in Antique White and Mahogany Stain, $799

BOTTOM ROW (LEFT TO RIGHT):

1 - Puzzle Desk (32.5 inches x 23.5 inches, 46.25 inches fully expanded), Crate and Barrel, on sale for $99.95

2 - Parsons Mini Desk (30 inches x 24 inches), West Elm, available in Chocolate, White, Black, $249, Polished Wheatgrass, on sale for $199

3 - SMÅDAL Desk (35 3/8 inches x 21 1/4 inches), IKEA, $89.99

4 - Slideaway Desk (34 inches x 22 inches), West Elm, available in Chocolate, Dove Gray and Polished White, Desk on sale for $199.99, Hutch on sale for $99

Comments (10)

Having a small desk forces me to organize my piles of paper at the end of every week! I can recommend the new Muji desk designed by Konstantin Grcic in collaboration with Thonet. The best price I've found on it is at the MoMA Store, especially if you are a member.

http://www.momastore.org/museum/moma/ProductDisplay_Steel%20Pipe%20Desk_10451_10001_61120_-1_11627_11627

This crate and barrel desk looks great and it might be even better for a small space than the puzzle desk. I wish it was in my price range.

http://www.crateandbarrel.com/family.aspx?c=14423&f=28540

The West Elm desk looks totally hot! Does anyone know if it's functional?

Love the Slideaway desk from West Elm! So sleek!

Although extermely fugly, I loved the compact library study carrel I once had. I'm usually a space hog that like to spread stuff out, but I was able to place things on the top shelf and push the flat screen and prop books and documents against the back. I could tape stuff all over it and the enclosed space made me focus. I gave it up because is was a pita when moving.

My dream desk is the Bunny Williams workshorse. The slanted back is key because it precludes needing space to spread things out on the desktop. Given the $4250 price, I'm seriously considering getting something similar custom built with a hinged back and folding legs.

We just got the Room & Board work station to put in our living room because our office has become a nursery. I wouldn't allow it in the bedroom, nor do I allow a tv (much to my husband's disliking). Here is the Room & Board workstation...http://www.roomandboard.com/rnb/product/detail.do?productGroup=19191&catalog=filter&menuCatalog=room&menuSubcategory=213146

That inexplicable bowl o' pine cones in the West Elm slip desk photo kills me.

I can't believe the Ikea wall-mounted computer work station wasn't mentioned! Not only is it compact (esp. when folded up), it frees up all that floor space. It really adds so much to *not* feeling claustrophobic in our tiny studio, and it still provides a decent amount of work area. :)

berkleybabe, what's it called?