A Workspace That Fits A Spare Room Without Taking It Over

A desk in a spare room has to disappear at weekends. That is a storage problem long before it is a furniture problem.

Put The Desk Across The Light

Facing a window gives you glare; backing onto it puts your shadow on the page and your face in silhouette on every call. Sitting side-on to the window solves both, and it is the one placement that survives moving the desk to the other wall later.

Store Upwards

A four-hundred-millimetre-deep run of shelves from desk height to the ceiling holds more than any cabinet and takes almost no floor. Leave the bottom shelf open for the things that live on the desk during the week and the room reads as a study on Friday and a bedroom on Saturday.