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The best desks for small spaces to create a dreamy WFH set-up – even if you’ve barely got any square footage

The term “Smugsolation” was coined circa April 2020: “the act of quarantining oneself during a global crisis in an enviable location (penthouse, townhouse, mansion, villa, 15-bedroom ancestral country seat) with expensive foods, booze and/or adorable pets and outdoor space and proceeding to broadcast said situation on social media (see also: tone deaf).”

While the desire of many to make isolation instagrammable is slowly fading away (only to be replaced by “back in business” posts courtesy of the few maniacs comfortable enough to sit in an *actual* pub/Coronavirus breeding ground), one sub-group of the brag brigade remains.

Those with dedicated home offices.

There has been a very sudden (and unwanted) proliferation of influencers sharing WFH spaces that don’t also double up as a kitchen or bedroom. No one asked for it, of course, but why would that stop them? As we sit at our kitchen tables surrounded by last night’s dirty dishes, they’re sharing countryside views, the candles that burn as they type and the flowers that sit pretty next to their laptops. No bed/wardrobe/cereal bowl in sight.

Yes, working from home may have become the norm, but having a dedicated home office remains the stuff of dreams for most of us who have only a bed desk for company.

But why, we cry, should square footage (or a dire lack of) restrict us from having stylish and motivating work from home spaces?! In short, it shouldn’t. Enter: small-space desks so cute and compact that they’ll fit into the tiniest corners of your one-bed flat and provide a backdrop more Instagrammable than the one in Mrs. Influencer’s second home in Oxfordshire.

Whether you’re to set up camp in your living room or bedroom, these small-space desks are the perfect storage/desk hybrids, with drawers to keep your paperwork out of sight and out of mind, plus shelves for your books and stationery. They’re narrow, compact and won’t take up much room. And none of them will break the bank.

There’s a desk wall-mounted desk from Made.com which acts as concealed storage but can be folded out to reveal a desk/dining table between the hours of 9 and 5. Or how about this leaning desk that’ll solve all your storage woes? Wayfair reigns supreme in the floating desks market (yup, it’s a thing) – with this stylish white desk a fabulous option. Or how about a standing desk? This one from IKEA is narrow, compact and will reduce the number of hours you spend sat on your tootsie.

Here are 17 of the best desks for small spaces to elevate your WFH set-up today.

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