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How much space does one need to leave in front of an office desk?

Furniture Ferret: Placing an office desk needs a larger area than just the item itself, as you will need approx. 50-76 cm behind the chair. Reserving this space means that you can push the chair back to stand up, or in an office swivel to reach a cabinet or bookshelf behind you. Together with the chair, this means keeping a space 100 cm deep free in front of an office desk. For example, 160 cm deep office desks would require a 260 cm deep space in total. The room behind the chair doesn't need to be dead space, as it can also be used as the room you need to access a dresser, filing cabinet, or a bookshelf.

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How can I use the search on Furniture Ferret?

Searching for office desks on Furniture Ferret is easy. Tap on the search button in the top right corner, then edit or add any keywords you are searching for, for example, "bed", "cabinet with mirror" or "rustic stool". Use the sliders to enter the minimum and maximum for the width, height and depth (length) and the price you are interested in. Click on "Go!" to see all matching items. That's all!

How can I search for office desks using their width, height and length?

Finding office desks in search engines on the web by size is not easy as search engines are best at finding text only. Also, when searching for office desks to fit a given space, slightly smaller pieces would also suit. Even if some websites allow searching for office desks by measurements, checking many webshops at the same time needs a different solution. We scan many shops on the web and list tens of thousands of products to let you find the one that is just perfect.

What is the best colour for an office desk?

If you have the option to choose between different colours for an office desk that fits your space, it is useful to know how different colours work together. The two main things to consider for everything colour is balance and associations. Balance simply means that the colours should be coordinated in some way, so that the space looks like a unit. Usual techniques to achieve this are considering a colour wheel, and choosing colours that are either quite close to each other (as colours that are only different in intensity of lightness always go together, but slight differences in hue can also be fine), or quite far or on different thirds (for example, red-green-blue). Associations with and emotions connected to colours are equally important, and there is no shortage of lists for these from those by 19th-century Impressionist painters to modern interior design guides. In all likelihood these associations are cultural and learnt, which means that they can be quite different in different cultures or for different people. Blue is often associated with productivity, but also stability, calmness and even sadness. Green is clearly the colour of nature, and is said to be connected to safety, luck and envy (though in other cultures this latter is yellow). Pink is said to bring kindness, nurturing, romance and calmness, while it was the choice for masculine clothing over many decades. Red is considered to be the colour of friendship, willpower, leadership, desire and anger - a very wide range of emotions. But it is clear that in nature, it signals danger or importance, so you probably need to put it next to a calm colour to allow the eye to rest. These associations point in so many directions that these guides seem to boil down to just this: pause and consider what the colour means for you.

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We aim to allow every one of us to live comfortably even if they only have a small space they call home. We search the Internet for thousands of desks, cabinets, shelves, shoe cabinets, beds, sofas and more by size and colour, to find just the right one for you to go next to the window and turn the room into some closet space, or to find that extra long sofa that is still narrow enough to squeeze through the bedroom door. From the kitchen to the bedroom, don't live next to furniture - buy furniture that lives with you.

Did you know? We also help customers in other countries. You can look for 64 inch deep office desks in the US, “bureaux - profondeur 160 cm” in France or 160cm deep desks in Australia.