Most home offices are a corner of another room, which is exactly why they need more thought rather than less. If the desk is visible from the couch, it is part of the living room whether you like it or not, and a room full of cables is a room you will avoid.
Work out what lives on the surface and give everything else a lid. A notebook you want to open, a pen worth keeping, one object with no function at all so the desk does not read as a workstation. Good light matters more than good furniture. So does having somewhere for the paper to go at five o'clock.
Our office range covers journals and notebooks, planners, desk storage and organisers, pens and stationery, lighting, wall art and desk objects. For a corner that has to work and still look like part of the house.
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How do I set up a home office in a small space?
Keep only daily items on the desk and give the rest a lid. Use wall shelves like the Made of Tomorrow FOLD Ledge to lift storage off the surface, and put good light first, ahead of new furniture.
Where should a desk lamp go?
Place it on the opposite side to your writing hand so it does not cast shadows over the page. A rechargeable lamp like our portable Mushroom Lamp can move from the desk to the couch as needed.
How do I make a desk look less like a workstation?
Add one object with no job at all, such as a vase, sculpture or framed print. Hide cables, keep paper in a tray or file holder, and choose accessories in one material, like marble or terrazzo.
What wall planners do you stock?
We stock the oversized Stendig Calendar designed by Massimo Vignelli, plus the Made of Tomorrow A2 Monthly Wall Planner, which is perpetual so you can start it in any month.
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