Peak Corner Desk: When Britain Buys, Month by Month

Furniture in Fashion finds that no published UK dataset records corner desk purchases by month, so this report declines to name a peak and answers the more useful question instead: what makes a corner desk fit. Our conclusion is that the L-shape is bought for a wall condition rather than a work style, converting two short wall runs into one continuous surface in box rooms and bedroom alcoves where no long uninterrupted wall exists. The clearance that decides usability is the diagonal behind the corner, at 90cm to 110cm for chair and sitter, and it is the measurement most often skipped. We set out working returns of 100cm to 160cm and 90cm to 120cm, usable depth of 50cm to 60cm, and standard desk height of 72cm to 76cm. Radiator position, door swing and chimney breast alcoves are the three conditions that most often make a straight desk the better answer in a UK bedroom....