I’m excited to share our office with you! The most important piece in the new space is our desk. Some of our best ideas will happen at our desk and it’s also where we will meet with clients, so it needs to be functional, but stunning, and I think we found just the right statement piece for the space with a dining table!  Plus, I’ve got 5 Reasons to use a dining table as a desk that I think you’ll love!

A New Business Calls for a New Office!

In case you guys missed our big announcement, my husband and I started an Interior Design Business consulting on renovations and new builds! I actually can’t believe how busy we have been and how many new clients we are so grateful to have! Our new business meant that I needed to actually turn our office into an office instead of a storage room!

Before

Check out the before image. We carried the existing shelving to the ceiling, added crown moulding, and then sprayed everything out in white. I hung drapes, switched out the fixture, and then got to styling. It feels so good to have another space in our home that is done!

The biggest challenge was finding a desk that my husband and I could work from by ourselves, together, as well as have it function as a place to meet around, and have enough style that it would feel like it belongs in an Interior Design setting….whoa…that’s a tall order!  That’s when I found the Manhattan dining table at The Brick. This table checks all the boxes and beyond. The lacquered top feels so high end and I’m loving the chrome legs contrasted with my gold metals.

After thinking outside the box and choosing a dining table as a desk, I’ve had time to think about all the reasons this choice makes perfect sense and I’m pumped to share them with you, especially since finding the right desk is tricky!

Disclosure: This post is sponsored by The Brick. As always, all of the opinions here are my own.

5 Reasons to Use a Dining Table as a Desk

1. Dining tables look good from all sides!

Have you ever noticed how desks sometimes have an unfinished back? Like you’ll put it up against a wall and stare at a wall? umm not exactly a good look or view. Or how they feel so bulky and heavy, like a huge brick blocking all sight lines through the room. The wrong desk can kill the potential for certain layouts within your space. What if you want to put your desk in the centre of a room. Like in my space, I could have put the desk the other way with my chair up against the bookshelves looking out. That would have been a great look and perfect if it was a desk for just me. I could have two amazing layout options with a dining table, but with a typical desk sometimes you’ve got limitations for how you can turn it!

2. Dining Tables are Communal Spaces

Think about it, why not have a work space in your home that can be communal. A space where kids can all work on homework together. I’m sure you find your kids doing their homework at the dining table…right?! That’s because there is room to spread out and for multiple workers at once. You can sit beside your child and help or your kids and their friends can work together.

It’s also perfect for if you have clients that need to look at the same drawing, moodboard, book draft, etc. A space where more than one person can work is just smart.

3. Dining Tables are Bigger

This one is so straight forward. They are bigger so you have more space to work from and the big chunky look of a table is such a great statement in the room.

4. We Use Laptops

I think back in the day people needed the keyboard tray and a filing cabinet drawer, but the reality is most of us with a home office have a laptop and our own organizational strategies that won’t be met with a stationary filing system. If you’re like me, I need all my of things with me all the time and I’ve adapted to that way of being.

5. More Selection

Think of the number of dining tables that are made in comparison to desks…like so many more options and in every single style you could dream of: Modern, Farmhouse, Transitional, Glam, you name it! you can find so many more options for your space when you widen your search to include dining tables too.

Other Dining Table as Desk Options

What do you guys think of the changes?