UKFor rooms that do double duty
UK home office guides for bedrooms, shared rooms and small flats. Compare desks, chairs and equipment by the measurements that matter.
Measure the whole setup. Allow for the chair, cables and the way through the room.
Start here
Choose the furniture, equipment or room you are working on. Start with the fit checks, then compare your options.
01 · SURFACE FIT
Find a work surface that fits the room, chair and equipment.
02 · SEATED FIT
Check the seat and armrests against your body and desk.
03 · SCREEN FIT
Make room on the desk without bringing the screen too close.
04 · REACH FIT
Make room for the everyday things you actually use.
05 · ROOM FIT
Make a desk work in a bedroom, shared room or small flat.
Before you buy
Lay out the screen, keyboard and mouse. Check usable depth with the plugs and stand in place.
Measure desk depthCompare the armrests at working height with the lowest rail or drawer beneath the desk.
Check chair clearanceAllow for the chair to move, doors to open and a clear route past the furniture.
Plan the footprintA useful fit check
A monitor arm can free up desk space, but the screen, clamp and wall gap all need to work together. Use the fit finder to check published limits and see what to measure next.
Try the monitor-arm fit finder Read the shallow-desk guide
Inside our buying guides
A compact desk, an adjustable chair and a single-screen arm. Read the fit checks and compare the alternatives before choosing.
For a compact open front
A 100 × 50 cm surface and open front suit a compact laptop or single-screen arrangement.
Check the rear bracing, the 75 cm working height and the usable depth with cables in place.
Manual pad position and depth
The M18 has a mesh back, a padded seat and a lumbar support you can adjust up and down or forwards and backwards.
Set the pad height before adding pressure. Check whether your back can rest evenly against the chair while you type.
An everyday adjustable screen
The gas-assisted arm suits a single compatible screen you move between tasks. It frees the desk from a broad stand and gives you a choice of edge clamp or through-desk fixing.
A centred clamp can leave the elbow in the way of the wall. Check whether the clamp can sit to one side while keeping the screen centred. Match the fitting diagram to the base supplied.
Rooms that do double duty
Plan around the bed, wardrobe doors and the chair’s working position.
Plan a bedroom workspace
Keep a repeatable working setup and a place to put the equipment away.
Plan the daily setup
Check uneven walls, skirting boards, chair space and the assembly route.
Measure the alcoveThe guides explain what to measure in your own space.
We use published dimensions, fitting instructions and manufacturer documents for the specific model.
Compare the usable dimensions, adjustments and limitations against the space and equipment you have.
Our guides link to their sources and explain what to ask when an important measurement is missing.
