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Home Office Designs
A home office is a lighting and acoustics problem wearing a furniture disguise. We put the desk where the light and the camera work, then build around it.
Six styles
Home Office designs in six house styles
The same brief, resolved six ways. Each one carries its own layout, material specification and storage strategy. Filter to one style, or compare all six.
Chalk Minimal Wall-hung desk, floating shelf Home Office Design
Nothing decorative survives unless it also does work. Long uninterrupted planes, shadow-gap joints, one quiet grain.
- Layout
- Wall-hung desk, floating shelf
- Style
- Serene Minimal
- Palette
- Chalk · Pale Oak · Linen
- Desk
- Wall-hung 1,400×600 laminate
- Storage
- Two floating shelves
- Acoustic detail
- Felt panel behind the screen
- Lighting
- Linear task light under the shelf
- Room dimension
- 9×10 feet
Storage features
- A shallow drawer for stationery
- A cable tray under the desk
- A concealed CPU bay
Special features
- A single floating desk plane with nothing beneath it
- Cables invisible
- A felt panel absorbing call echo
Ideal forSmall flats where the desk shares a bedroom or living wall
Charcoal Bold Dark built-in with a slat wall Home Office Design
High contrast, confident mass, a single saturated move per room. Dark joinery held against light stone.
- Layout
- Dark built-in with a slat wall
- Style
- Bold Contemporary
- Palette
- Charcoal · Oxblood · Smoked Oak
- Desk
- Built-in charcoal with a stone top
- Storage
- Full-height dark cabinetry
- Acoustic detail
- Slatted acoustic wall, full height
- Lighting
- Adjustable spot on a black track
- Room dimension
- 9×10 feet
Storage features
- Full-height files and archive storage
- A lockable drawer
- A printer cupboard on a pull-out
Special features
- A full-height slatted acoustic wall behind the chair
- Charcoal joinery with a stone desk top
- A black track light overhead
Ideal forFull-time remote workers who take calls all day
Teak Heritage Teak desk with a cane screen Home Office Design
Indian craft detailing on a contemporary frame — jaali, cane, inlay and hand-finished brass, used sparingly.
- Layout
- Teak desk with a cane screen
- Style
- Modern Heritage
- Palette
- Teak · Cane · Antique Brass
- Desk
- Solid teak with brass legs
- Storage
- Teak shelves with cane doors
- Acoustic detail
- Cane screen with a felt backing
- Lighting
- Brass desk lamp with a swing arm
- Room dimension
- 9×10 feet
Storage features
- Cane-fronted drawers
- An open shelf for books
- A drawer for cables
Special features
- A cane screen dividing the study from the bedroom
- A brass swing-arm lamp
- Teak with a hand-rubbed finish
Ideal forHomes wanting the study to read as craft, not as an office
Ivory Classic Panelled study with a library Home Office Design
Proportioned panelling, cornice and moulding, book-matched stone and warm gilt detail on ivory.
- Layout
- Panelled study with a library
- Style
- Classic Luxe
- Palette
- Ivory · Statuario · Gold
- Desk
- Moulded ivory with a leather inlay
- Storage
- Glazed bookcases with a gilt bead
- Acoustic detail
- Bookshelves as diffusers
- Lighting
- Picture lights on the bookcase
- Room dimension
- 9×10 feet
Storage features
- Glazed bookcases with adjustable shelves
- A filing drawer bank
- A concealed safe
Special features
- A library wall with glazed doors
- Leather desk inlay
- Picture lights over each bay
Ideal forVillas with a dedicated study or library
Birch Scandi Birch desk under a window Home Office Design
Pale timber, soft daylight and muted green — Nordic restraint adapted for Indian light, dust and humidity.
- Layout
- Birch desk under a window
- Style
- Indo-Scandinavian
- Palette
- Birch · Chalk · Sage
- Desk
- Birch ply, 1,600mm
- Storage
- Open birch shelving
- Acoustic detail
- Cork pinboard wall
- Lighting
- Daylight-facing, minimal artificial
- Room dimension
- 9×10 feet
Storage features
- Open birch shelves
- A basket drawer
- A slim pull-out for the laptop
Special features
- A desk set into the window reveal
- Daylight from the left for right-handed work
- Pale birch and cork
Ideal forBright rooms where daylight does most of the work
Emerald Deco Fluted desk with a brass rail Home Office Design
Fluting, fans and geometry. Lacquered colour, brass inlay lines and mirror used as architecture.
- Layout
- Fluted desk with a brass rail
- Style
- Art Deco Glam
- Palette
- Emerald · Brass · Lacquer
- Desk
- Fluted lacquer with a brass edge
- Storage
- Fluted cabinets with brass pulls
- Acoustic detail
- Upholstered fluted panel
- Lighting
- Brass fan sconces
- Room dimension
- 9×10 feet
Storage features
- Fluted cabinets with a brass rail
- A velvet-lined drawer
- A concealed bar
Special features
- A fluted desk front with brass detailing
- A lit shelf behind the call position
- Emerald and brass
Ideal forPremium apartments where the study is on show
Every design, in full
Six home office designs, one page each
Each of the six carries its own page with the complete specification, sizing table and answers.
Minimal Wall-hung desk, floating shelf Home Office
Chalk · Pale Oak · Linen
See this designBold Dark built-in with a slat wall Home Office
Charcoal · Oxblood · Smoked Oak
See this designHeritage Teak desk with a cane screen Home Office
Teak · Cane · Antique Brass
See this designClassic Panelled study with a library Home Office
Ivory · Statuario · Gold
See this designScandi Birch desk under a window Home Office
Birch · Chalk · Sage
See this designDeco Fluted desk with a brass rail Home Office
Emerald · Brass · Lacquer
See this designSizing
Home Office dimensions by home size
The room dimension quoted on each design above is the 3 BHK figure. These are the sizes we most often work to.
| Home size | Typical room dimension | Layout that usually fits |
|---|---|---|
| 1 BHK | Desk nook, 5×3 feet | Wall-hung desk, floating shelf |
| 2 BHK | 7×8 feet | Dark built-in with a slat wall |
| 3 BHK | 9×10 feet | Teak desk with a cane screen |
| 4 BHK | 11×12 feet | Panelled study with a library |
| 4+ BHK / Villa | 12×16 feet library | Birch desk under a window |
Questions
Home Office questions, answered
Where should a desk sit relative to the window?
Side-on, with daylight coming from the left for a right-handed person. Facing the window puts glare in your eyes; backing onto it silhouettes you on video calls.
How do I stop echo on video calls?
Add soft mass on the wall behind the camera and underfoot — a felt panel, a bookcase full of books, a rug and curtains. Hard, empty, parallel surfaces are what cause the echo.
What is the right desk height?
720mm to 750mm for most adults, with the elbow at about 90 degrees. Fix the chair and monitor height first; the desk is the last thing to adjust.
Can a study fit into a bedroom without ruining it?
Yes, if you screen it. A cane or slatted partition, or simply placing the desk so it is not visible from the pillow, keeps the room readable as a bedroom at night.
Next step
Get your home office designed.
Send the floor plan and the dimensions. We come back with a layout, a material direction and a line-by-line estimate.