Tips for Selecting, Buying and Maintaining Furniture: A Blog

« Back to Home

Two Tips to Follow When Having a Custom Workspace Desk Designed for the First Time

Posted on

If you're going to be having your first custom workspace desk designed, here are some tips to follow.

Consider your future work plans and projects

When having this furniture designed, you should consider any future work-related plans or projects and ensure that the desk is made in a way that will allow you to use it comfortably when these work events happen.

For example, if you run your business on your own, but are planning to create a small team of perhaps two or three people who will work with you in the future, then it might be worth having a large, wraparound desk made that is significantly longer than you might need it to be right now. This will mean that when the time comes to add employees to your business, you'll have a high-quality desk that will be large enough for all of you to comfortably share.

If you have no plans to hire any in-house employees but you sometimes need to have freelancers visit your workspace in person to discuss work projects, then it might be worth getting a desk whose main tabletop is just the right size for you to work at on your own, and then have the designer add an additional pull-out tabletop panel, that these freelancers can use when they visit. This will mean the desk won't use up more space than you need it to when you're working alone, but will still ensure that it will provide you with plenty of room to place documents and office equipment when you're working with others.

Choose a classic desk design

It's best to opt for a classic desk design and to have it made with timeless materials, rather than ones that might currently be trendy. For example, getting this desk made from mahogany might be wiser than having it made from acrylic. The reason for this is that custom-made workspace desks can be expensive and after investing in such a special furniture item, you probably won't want to replace it for a very long time.

If it's made from on-trend materials or has a shape that is currently very popular, it won't look modern for very long and instead might date your workspace within a few years. If you have clients who visit you, having a desk whose design looks outdated might not give them a great impression of your business, and you might find yourself having to replace a perfectly functional, high-quality desk, just because you chose the wrong design or materials. Conversely, if you opt for a classic design and timeless materials, your desk will still look good decades from now and will always serve as a wonderful feature of your workspace that your clients are likely to admire when they visit. Look into custom-made workspace desks near you.


Share