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

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