How to choose a new or vintage desk to suit your home office 

Working from home? Find a desk that’s qualified for the job and one that's perfect for you and your living space

Modern classic, The Loop by Leif J¯rgensen, a crisp trestle like desk delivered in the form of an industrial sawhorse for Hay (Denmark). ìJacked upî on three legs a side, it would look superb with any shell or saddle chair, and with a linoleum top is tough enough to serve as a work bench. Around Ä1,100 new, hay.dk.

WRITING desks have become a more urgent subject in the WFH era super-imposed on us by the Covid pandemic. 

Tapping stages rather than writing supports, the anonymous slab of no-style nothingness we took for granted in our cubby now has to be replicated at home, at the right height, depth and rigidity. It’s an interesting challenge for those who don’t want a blonde-wood Ikea trestle, or a corporate bit of laminate Jenga, to find something they truly, deeply like to look at and sit at every day.