Office
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The home office stopped being a fad in 2020 and became furniture in its own right. We list thousands here from The Range, Robert Dyas, Furniture in Fashion and other UK retailers. read more…
over 5,400 Office from 24 UK Retailers in June ’26
How to plan a home office
The home office stopped being a fad in 2020 and became furniture in its own right. The brief is straightforward: somewhere you can sit and work for eight hours without your back giving up, with enough surface to spread out and enough storage to put it away at the end of the day. The pieces that get this right are worth investing in. The pieces that don't are a daily reminder that you didn't.
Desk is the headline piece.
- Width: 120cm is the comfortable minimum for a single monitor and a notebook. 140cm to 160cm is right for dual monitors or a monitor plus side workspace. Anything narrower and the screen sits too close to your eyes.
- Depth: 70cm minimum so you can sit back from the screen properly. 80cm is more comfortable. 60cm and under is a console table, not a desk.
- Standing or sitting: electric height-adjustable desks have come down in price (good ones from £200, premium from £400) and the alternation between sitting and standing makes a measurable difference to fatigue. Worth it if you work from home most days.
Chair is where you'll feel any economy. A £100 office chair feels fine for a week. By month three the lumbar support has compressed and your back knows it. A £200 to £400 ergonomic chair (Herman Miller, Steelcase and the better Branch / Autonomous copies) holds up to a decade of daily use. The features that matter: adjustable lumbar support, adjustable seat depth, armrests that move in three directions (height, width, angle), and a tilt mechanism with a tension control.
Storage follows the work. Filing cabinets are mostly redundant if you're paperless. Shelving for reference books, a printer cubby, a tray for the cables, and a drawer or two for stationery is usually enough. A pedestal under the desk or a low cabinet alongside is more useful than tall freestanding storage in most home offices.
Lighting in a home office runs warmer at the ambient layer (2700K to 3000K) and cooler at the task layer (3500K to 4000K). The single biggest improvement most home offices need is a proper desk lamp angled to light the work surface rather than the screen. Avoid sitting with your back to a window if you do video calls; the light goes the wrong way.
Acoustics and finish matter more than people expect. A rug under the desk dampens chair-wheel noise. A fabric noticeboard or a wall of books cuts echo on calls. A door that closes is the difference between a home office and a corner of the living room.
The brands and retailers we list
We pull around 7,700 home office products from across the UK retailer network.
The Range stocks the broadest selection in the value-to-mid bracket, around 2,300 desks, chairs, storage and accessories.
Furniture in Fashion covers around 1,900 home office products, leaning into the £200 to £600 desk and chair bracket with leather, marble and contemporary finishes.
Robert Dyas covers around 1,800 listings including a deep accessories layer (printers, paper, cables, lamps).
Filter the grid above by category, colour or price to narrow things down, or browse the full home office range without filters to see everything in stock. Prices update daily.
Frequently asked questions
What desk height suits an average UK adult?
73 to 75cm from floor to desk surface fits adults 170 to 185cm tall with feet flat on the floor and elbows at 90 degrees. Below 1.65m height, drop to 70cm. Standing desk users want a separate 105 to 115cm height for the standing phase.
Standing or sitting desk: which is better for back pain?
Neither pose is best held all day; alternating every 30 to 60 minutes beats either extreme. A height-adjustable desk that drops in 30 seconds gets used. A chunky manual one with a hand-crank typically gets fixed at one height and forgotten.
How often should I replace an office chair?
A quality ergonomic chair (Herman Miller Aeron, Steelcase Leap, Humanscale Freedom) lasts 12 to 15 years of full-time use, often longer. Mid-range chairs (£200 to £500) give 5 to 8 years before the mechanism starts sagging. Budget chairs below £150 start failing on the lumbar adjuster at 18 to 24 months of daily use.
What size monitor for a home office?
24-inch at full HD or 27-inch at 1440p covers most office work. 32-inch and above runs into eyestrain at a normal desk distance of 50 to 70cm unless you sit further back. Two 24-inch monitors side by side outperform one 32-inch for spreadsheet and code work.
How do I set up an ergonomic home desk?
Top of the monitor at eye level, screen 50 to 70cm from your face, keyboard at elbow height with shoulders relaxed, feet flat on the floor (or a footrest). Lift the laptop on a stand if you only have a laptop; type on a separate keyboard underneath. Most lunchtime back-and-neck pain comes from the screen sitting too low.
What is the difference between a task chair and an executive chair?
Task chairs (mesh back, no headrest, focused on adjustability) suit 6 to 8 hours of computer work. Executive chairs (high back, padded, often leather) read more boardroom but adjust less and run hotter. For working-from-home, task chairs win on long-day comfort.
