What Size Side Table Do You Need for a Home Office?

A side table in a home office does quiet but important work. It takes the printer off the desk, holds reference books within reach, gives you somewhere to put a cup of tea that is safely away from the keyboard, or creates a small reading corner for calls and thinking time. Getting the size right makes the difference between a useful extra surface and another thing to squeeze past. In this guide we explain how to choose the right height, depth and width for a home office side table in real UK homes, from dedicated studies to spare rooms and corners of the living room. We look at sizing for different uses, including printers, paperwork and seating areas, how to fit a side table alongside your desk without crowding your chair, and which features make a table genuinely useful at work, from storage and lighting to tidy cable management that keeps the whole setup calm....