Awesome Desks

Plan Station’s ingenious invention lets you add a desk anywhere you have some wall studs to hang it from. Simply load two 24″ x 48″ sheets of plywood into its nylon sleeves, and you’ll get a work surface and more than 20 pockets for pens, papers, and more. Great for construction sites, garages, or temporary work at home spaces.

Urban95 makes some great industrial style furniture, including this skinny writing desk that’s ideal for laptop users. Its 20″ x 60″ top is covered with an aviation-inspired riveted metal and sits atop skinny, but sturdy bent rebar legs. A perforated metal privacy panel finishes the look. Also available with a concrete laminate top.

Furniture designers Mateo’s adjustable height desk is built from baltic birch or hardwood and offers electronic height adjustments from 28.5″ to 48.5″. Its top has a small drawer, a felt-lined tray, and built-in cable management. Add-ons include a tack-friendly felt partition, an LED lamp, a shelf, and a business card holder.

Orange22 Modern’s‘s minimal furniture piece combines a display shelf with a laptop desk. When not in use, the desk surface slides flush with the top, and when open, it creates a 31.5″w x 23.5″d desktop, with a space for for accessories and office supplies. Sale price through 9.21.20 @12pm PDT on Touch of Modern.

We’re always looking for unique ways to make living spaces more efficient. Dekay’s Crafts shows off a clever piece of furniture he built that can work as either a bookshelf or a desk, keeping the items on its shelves upright as it unfolds from the wall.

This upscale lap desk upgrades your WFH space even if it’s on the couch. It’s inspired by fancy executive desks, with premium leather work surfaces with gold accents, and adjustable height legs. It can also be upgraded with modules like Bluetooth speakers, a USB reading light, and a power bank. There’s also a matching storage bay.

Thermaltake’s height-adjustable gaming desk has RGB LEDs all around its perimeter that can be synchronized with other Thermaltake or Razer Chroma products. It has an electric motor, a removable full-length mouse pad, and can hold up to 330lb.

The AIT Smart One is an adjustable-height stand/sit desk with all kinds of available features. When fully loaded, it has a wireless charger, air quality sensor, ambient lighting, Bluetooth speakers, an app-controlled locking drawer, a padded footrest, and even an aroma diffuser. Choose from nine mix-and-match colors.

With the goal of providing an inexpensive way to help people work from home, Denmark-based designers Stykka created a home office desk that you assemble from cardboard and zip ties. You can purchase it as a kit in regular or standing heights, or download a template to make your own from sheets of cardboard.

Make It shows off a very impressive DIY build project – a substantial desk made from reclaimed pallet wood. It features a hidden compartment in its top for storing his laptop, keeping it out of sight when not in use. There’s also a space for hiding a power strip.

This sleek display stand is made from solid wood, and hand-finished with natural oil and wax. It raises computer monitors by 2.76″, for better ergonomics and a place to stow your keyboard, and has three built-in grooves for storing pens. Measures 24.4″ x 9.5″ at its base, and holds monitor bases up to 19.3″ x 7.9″. Available in oak or ash.

Encourage your kids to study with the help of a hungry shark. This awesome desk and hutch from Cliek lets them stare right into the jaws of doom every time they sit down to do their homework. We love that the teeth are reading lights. Measures 40.16″ W x 62.2″ H x 24″ D overall. We’re gonna need a bigger bedroom.

A brilliantly simple alternative to big standing desks, the compact (24″w x 14″d x 7″h) Deskview laptop desk uses strong suction cups to cling to glass windows. Easily install it for an instant and temporary office with a view. Available in clear or white acrylic, or bamboo.

Standing at your desk can be so much better for your body than sitting. But if you already have a seated desk, check out this adjustable add-on, which lets you quickly move from a seated to standing position by raising your computer and keyboard. Measures 20″H x 22″L x 36″W and holds up to 33 lb. Save 17% in The Awesomer Shop.

This walnut and steel desk from Artifox combines clean lines with utility, providing users with a slotted docking space with cable openings, a cable management grid with anchor points, and pegs for hanging headphones or bags under the desk. It’s also compatible with accessories like a floating stand, and a monitor riser.

PCs housed inside desks are nothing new, but they are interesting at best, and tacky at worst. But DIY Perks shows us that it’s possible to make one that’s tasteful and space-saving, while still showing off the computer’s components.

Understands makes wooden stands for all-in-one PCs, monitors and laptops. Each stand is made from locally salvaged wood. Some of the stands offer additional storage as well as cable management. They come in different woods and colors.

LapGear’s oversize lap desk is more than wide enough to accommodate 17″ laptops. It has a ledge to prevent laptops from sliding out, a mouse pad, and a slot that holds your phone vertically. It’s available in other colors and finishes here.

37ºC Smarthome’s Magic Desk is the world’s first gesture-controlled standing desk. Simply hover your hand above or below its sensor to change its height. It also comes with an LED lamp with three lighting modes, and a control module that can help correct your posture.

The De-sk is a modular workstation that features different types of slats that can be fitted on a steel frame. There’s a slat with a power strip, one with a monitor mount, one with a hole for cables and so on. You can resize and customize the desk anytime by switching slats.

Italian furniture maker Ozzio shows off a the Metrino, a modern wood and metal coffee table which offers a hinged lid that smoothly transforms into a desk, thanks to its hydraulic lift mechanism. As a bonus, it offers storage space beneath its lid.

RM Sotheby’s is auctioning off a rare desk that’s covered with original Porsche 911 body panels. It was custom made by boutique furniture maker 3 GJB 17. The middle panel opens up to reveal the desktop, and drawers are found on either side.

Set up shop wherever your travels may take you with Pelican’s mobile office. This folding military-grade field desk offers two large work surfaces, two 6-outlet power strips, six drawers for storage, including two that can be locked. Also available as a single desk.