The Best-Looking Desks to Revamp Your Work-From-Home Setup

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Settle in. Even if some commuters are once again crowding freeways and subway platforms alike, many of us have fought tooth and nail to maintain some work-from-home liberties. Meaning, whether it's one work day a week, three work days a week, or every single work day of the week, we're setting up shop at home. That said, the kitchen table—or your lap as you slouch in bed—aren't the most deluxe work stations for your computer. In this new era of hybrid workplace whatevers, the time has come to commit to a desk.

Much like shopping for any other furniture online, you'll be splitting the difference between what you can afford and what looks the nicest. The following are the best desk options we like for a number of different situations, from the luxury end of the price spectrum to affordable Amazon finds. After all, you could have exactly two square feet of floor space to dedicate to a very small desk, or you could be looking to remodel an entire room into an amenity-rich home office.

Start your search here. We've gathered up 14 of the best work-from-home desks that span the range of cheap and simple to substantial and luxe. Once you get the desk set up, branch off into office chairs, laptop lifts and iPad stands, and accessories that'll add some character to your workspace. Like we said, settle in.

Jarvis Bamboo Standing Desk

This standing desk, which is made from sustainable materials in a few finishes, is another standout. Pun intended. It too will raise and lower itself to your preferred standing (or sitting) height at the push of a button. You can also customize its size and shape.

Desk

This is a gorgeous, white-oak-and-steel desk, smartly designed with a grid underneath to discreetly attach your chargers and cords to, pegs on which to hang your headphones, and a slot along the back for propping up your phone, tablet, and other materials. You can deck it out further with shelves, stands, and more Artifox accessories.

Runway Burlwood Desk

For a sturdy, beautiful desk, CB2's laquer pick is a sight to behold. The frame is simple and doesn't take up a ton of space, as it measured just 48 inches wide. It's not cheap, though—in price or in feel. Choose from a brown burlwood, glossy white lacquer, acacia wood, or lacquered grass cloth.

Computer Desk

No accouterments, no drawers or cubbies, just a solid surface on four legs. What makes Need's desk a good basic option, aside from the price, is that you can choose from three sizes and four color combinations. One ought to do nicely for your WFH setup.

eFloat One

Humanscale found a way to make a standing desk take up a minimal amount of space. Most sit/stand desks have two legs that fit a bigger desktop, but this one is balanced on just the one leg. All of the ergonomics of standing, none of the space-disrupting frame.

Ladder Shelf Desk

If ever there was a shelving system that’s having a moment, it’s the ladder shelf. It looks cool, it requires minimal drilling, and it holds a lot of junk. Including your computer, if you go with a style with an extended desk shelf, like this one from West Elm.

Sullivan Writing Desk

Arhaus knows its way around the lines and angles of a tabletop—or desktop, in this case. Set your laptop on the sustainably sourced, reclaimed, European oak wood (Arhaus offers a charcoal finish and a rich brown finish as well as this sable you see here). Better yet, use it for its intended purpose: writing on paper. Imagine.

Jorn Media Desk

With Inside Weather, you can take on the role of carpenter. Pick where you’d like the shelves and pedestals to go, which finish you’d like to see in your home, and whether you’d like colorful paint on the shelf surfaces. Then, you can hand over that role to an actual professional, who will build the desk from the highest quality wood.

Writing Computer Desk

You'll get a few perks with this desk. Specifically, a couple of shelves and a couple of hooks. That'll appeal to the organizationally challenged among us.

Kaelin Desk

You want a desk? This is a desk. As barebones as it gets, which is fair, considering the price. The Kaelin folds up if you'd like to store it, and it gives you just enough surface space for your MacBook, your notebooks, and a candle or two.

Murray Wall-Mounted Desk

This space-saving desk folds up into itself when you’re not using it but unlike many other fold-away desks, it’s not half-bad to look at when it's tucked away. Unfolded, you’ll have ample workspace for a laptop, as well as hideaway storage compartments to stash various pens and gum and whatnot.

Standing Height 4-Leg Table

It's all about angles and lines with PROPR's Studio 48 desk. It just plain looks better—a cut above the basic desk design. If the black/walnut doesn't speak to you, take a look at the white/oak style.

Kana Bamboo Standing Desk

Standing desks (or lifts to convert your regular desk into a standing desk) are their own beast. FlexiSpot's highly customizable Kana desk is our favorite—an Esquire Gadget Award winner, in fact. An electric motor raises the work surface when you want to stretch your legs, and the eco-friendly bamboo surface is smooth and sturdy.

Shelf Library Natural H1148

Light and airy, this shelving unit takes up zero floor space. It is also made from recycled materials. All around, a beautiful piece of furniture to bring home.

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