The best...desks for small spaces
Cant Desk
The cantilevered writing surface puts your work front and center. The walnut-veneer desktop and solid walnut legs are accented with either gray or red steel.
$600, bludot.com
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Source: New York Times
Katakana Writing Desk
This award winner offers smartly tapered drawers and “clever cable management for unsightly wires.” Still, “we can’t seem to get over the unexpected angle of those back legs.”
$4,595, darestudio.co.uk
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Source: apartmenttherapy.com
Malm Console
A “fabulous little table in a fun color,” this console makes an elegant desk or a good pedestal for a flat-screen TV. But the price tag is its real “selling point.”
$80, ikea.com
Source: Elle Decor
StudioDesk
This “smartly designed” desk neatly stashes away wires, power strips, and other clutter. The central work surface slides toward the user to reveal a built-in storage tray.
$600, bluelounge.com
Source: Dwell.com
Riga
Designed by Marc Newson for Italy’s Cappellini, this lacquered desk echoes the silhouettes of mid-century modern design with its slender lines and dainty, tapered legs.
$8,788, unicahome.com
Source: New York Times
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