The Modern Workspace
Create an optimal office environment for working from home, hybrid, or at your business. And do it like a boss.
Updated April 21, 2022
Modern Desktop & Workspace Accessories
YAMAZAKI home Desk Organizer, White
Designed in Nara, Japan. Desk organizer and stationary holder. Its ash wood dowel handle, steel, powder-coated frame, and simple form are the epitome of Japanese minimalism meets Scandinavian-inspired design. That concept alone we love and YAMAZAKI’s well crafted execution delivers. We enjoy watching this brand’s seasonal new product designs.
Modern Walnut Headphone Stand for Desktop & Office
Walnut in finish with an arch bridge shape, this sleek headphone stand safely holds most popular headphones, brands including Bose, Beats, Sony, Sennheiser, Razer, AKG, Logitech, etc. We love its smooth and stylish retro vibe. It’s like a functional sculpture on our desk. It helps keep the shape of some headphones, particularly larger ones. There’s extra room at the bottom to tuck headphone cables.
Acrylic Monitor Stand by AboveTEK
Solid, high-quality, rounded acrylic base for your computer monitor. Undercarriage space for your keyboard and desk accessories. We like its unibody design and ultimate statement in minimalism — transparency. Our kindergartener is certain it belongs to Wonder Woman. She has her own, we assured him.
Modern & Minimalist Office & Desk Cabinet Stands
Stockpile 3-Drawer Mobile File Cabinet
This commercial grade office drawers on rollers is available in over a dozen modern and fun color combinations. We like its simple style, rounded edges, and that it fits — and rolls — under most desks. Use the bottom draw for paper files or larger storage — it supports both letter and legal sized hanging files. We also like that it comes pre-assembled.
Kartell Componibili Drawer
We love the Componibili Drawer’s timeless, iconic design. Quintessential form meets function. Its designer and manufacturer, Kartell, is an icon of modern Italian design style, founded in 1949. We also like the full access to inside storage via sliding doors versus drawers. Big bonus: it’s stackable. This low cabinet is a truly classic design object and is available in white, red, black, and a grayish silver.
Yamazaki Tower Printer Stand
Roll this steel, minimalist printer stand under your desk or remove the wheels for your desktop. Use the shelves for desktop printer paper, printer cartridges, and other computer and office accessories. We like the rounded edges and simple yet ultra-functional design. We’ve been fans of Yamazaki’s office & home products, all designed by their in-house team in Nara, Japan — practical and quality design inspired by Japan’s “spall space living.” Comes in white and black matte finishes.
The Best Office Chairs for Working From Home (WFH)
The Best Under-$500 Chair — Steelcase Series 1 Office Chair
Steelcase is another industrial leading brand, excellent for large offices as well as home workspaces. The chair is ergonomic with most aspects adjustable: seat depth, armrests, lumbar, recline tension, and of course pneumatic seat height. Supports your spine as you change postures with its LiveBack(TM) flexor system. Step it up with the chrome model on Amazon.
Herman Miller Classic Aeron Chair
A chair that endures — timeless in style and lasts in use year-after-year, a contemporary classic in the Herman Miller office line. Note the somewhat confusing three size options: The “B” is sized for most people, “A” is for the smaller of us, and “C” for the those who are taller and larger. The Aeron Chair is made in the USA and is one of the most fully adjustable while still sturdy and stylish chairs we’ve found.
Best $300 Desk Chair with Flip-up Arms and High Back Neck-Support — Gabrylly Ergonomic Mesh Office Chair
Ergonomic by design, this chair provides support to four key body points: head, lumbar, hips, and arms. It’s also home office friendly in a way many other desk chairs aren’t: the armrests of the Gabrylly Ergonomic Mesh Office Chair fold up so you can push it in under even the lowest set desk.
The Best Standing Desks — Electric & Adjustable
Best All-around Build-Your-Own Standing Desk — Autonomous AutoSmartDesk Core
Autonomous offers our favorite combination of quality, finish options, stability, and price. Equally suited for working from home (WFH) as their standing desks are for industrial office spaces; as comfortable (and stable) to work at when standing as when sitting. Customize your desk: pick from 3 desk sizes, 9 desk top finishes, and 3 solid steel base colors — black, white, and grey. Electric dual motor with 4 programmable settings and up/down keypad control.
The Best Under $350 Adjustable Electric Standing Desk — SHW Electric Height Adjustable Standing Desk
Four preset memory options for fully motorized lift adjustment from sitting to standing — 28″ to 46″.
High-grade industrial steel telescopic legs. Comes in 40-inch, 48-inch, and 55-inch. We welcome this price-to-performance with high reviews.
