Home Office Furniture Ideas

Need to furnish your home office? Looking for the right furniture for your style? The Hometalk DIY community has everything you need to furnish your home office to meet your needs. Browse our slideshows for inspiration or hop on over to popular discussions and have your say. We have the right projects to get your home office off the ground.

Gorgeous DIY Office Built Ins Reveal

Furnishing Your Home Office

Find the perfect desk: No office is complete without a desk. Choose a desk that best suits your needs and the design aesthetic of your office.
Choose a supportive chair: Pick a supportive and comfortable chair for your home office; back support and armrests are important for longer periods of use.
Use storage for office supplies: Storage solutions are beneficial to a functioning home office. From cabinets to bookshelves, decide what will work best.
Create a lounge area for relaxing: Add some comfortable chairs or a couch to your office space to relax in and to provide an inviting space for guests as well.
Space-saving solutions: Built-ins are a great way to save space in an office while providing valuable storage space.

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Top Projects for Home Office Furniture

We've gathered the top DIY home office furniture projects here for your enjoyment.

Gorgeous DIY Office Built Ins Reveal

After what feels like years, my office built ins are finally finished. And it was worth all the hard work and effort, because I am in love with how they turned out. I’m dying to share it with you.

Honeybear Lane

Built In Desk | Upcycling At Its Best

This project has been a long time coming. We’ve been working on this built in desk with shelves for Ellie’s bedroom for the past 3 weeks. Sometimes we set unrealistic expectations of how much we can get done in a week.In a perfect world, with everything going smoothly we hoped to get this built in desk done in a week. Ambitious I know, but that’s what I am, ambitious! But the reality of it is, that it’s summer, there are swimming lessons, play dates and sleepovers with cousins and the list goes on.

Sunny Side Design

DIY Concrete Countertop Overlay!

Here it is! The post on our Cement Countertop Overlay project. It's been about five months, so I can tell you the good, the great and the really annoying stuff about it!

Creatively Living

Cloffice: How to Make an Office in a Closet

Do you need a home office, but your space is small?Then we have the perfect idea for you, a cloffice!Say what?!A cloffice, an office in a closet.In fact, we’ll show you how simple it is to DIY a cloffice in your home.In this post . . .What is a Cloffice?Prep the spaceAdd a DeskAdd LightingAdd StorageVertical StorageFloating Shelf StorageAdd a Feature Wall with FabricMake it InspiringWhat is a Cloffice?

Sunny Side Design

Think a Tomato Cage Is Just for Growing Tomatoes? Look at These Hacks!

Even if you’ve never grown tomatoes, you know what these cages are:

Hometalk Highlights

How to Put Seashells in Resin

In this Hometalk tutorial, I show you how to put seashells in resin. Also, learn the best resin to use to seal seashells in order to reduce bubbles, how to properly mix resin, and much more. So, let's get started. Be sure to visit my blog and subscribe to my YouTube channel for free DIY tutorials & handmade items.

Jeremy Hoffpauir

Painting Furniture With General Finishes Milk Paint

Sometimes I wonder if my house is more of a storage unit than a home. So in an effort to resuscitate my home, I’ve decided to declutter, donate, and sell most of what I deem unnecessary for everyday living and enjoyment. One of these items that has been stored in my home is an old, wooden sewing table. My husband and I found it on the side of the road with a “free” sign on it...three years ago! Since then, it has been sitting in various homes and places in my home waiting to be loved or reintroduced back into society.Finally, this week in a moment of pure motivation, I decided to give this worn out piece a facelift so I can ultimately get it out of my house and get a little cash. Although, you may not have a piece quite like this in your home, the process for painting whatever furniture piece you may have is essentially the same. So whether your painting for keeps or for your side hustle, here are some basic steps for how to paint furniture specifically using General Finishes Milk Paint.

Bethany Brandon

IKEA Hack - Linnmon Refresh With Peel N Stick Wallpaper

I have so many of those IKEA desk tops that have seen better days. Structurally, they are sound pieces but cosmetically, they were in terrible shape. I wanted a quick fix and I didn’t want to invest a lot of time or money. Enter leftover peel n stick wallpaper to the rescue. This is a stupid easy project... I struggled with even deciding to post it because it is truly that easy.

Stacy Davis

Butcher Block for Our Computer Desk for $50.00

Having a builder built computer desk was great but the plastic top never sat right with me. It is a long desk top (96 inches) and IKEA did not have the right size for us so we had no choice but make it. I did not want to spend so much on it so my husband and I came up with a plan.

Monika O

Gorgeous DIY Office Built Ins Reveal

After what feels like years, my office built ins are finally finished. And it was worth all the hard work and effort, because I am in love with how they turned out. I’m dying to share it with you.

Honeybear Lane

Built In Desk | Upcycling At Its Best

Sunny Side Design

DIY Concrete Countertop Overlay!

Here it is! The post on our Cement Countertop Overlay project. It's been about five months, so I can tell you the good, the great and the really annoying stuff about it!

Creatively Living

Cloffice: How to Make an Office in a Closet

Sunny Side Design

Think a Tomato Cage Is Just for Growing Tomatoes? Look at These Hacks!

Even if you’ve never grown tomatoes, you know what these cages are:

Hometalk Highlights

Butcher Block for Our Computer Desk for $50.00

Monika O

Home Office Furniture Videos

Are you looking for DIY tutorial videos on home office furniture? Look no further.

Anthropologie Hack & Flea Market Flip Evidence Cabinet Reveal

Two for one DIY's for you guys. Both are from the Flea Market. Anthropologie, was my inspiration for creating both of these awesome hacks. The first DIY is a ''Inspirational Quote Globe'' the second is a Evidence Cabinet makeover.

Denise Cooper

DIY Craft Table

I am an avid budget friendly DIYer… In fact, I love crafting so much that I decided to turn a hobby into somewhat of a business. The only problem is that my crafting addiction was taking over my home. There were craft supplies on the dining table, on the kitchen counter, in the living room, in the bathtub. Ok, maybe not the bathtub, but literally they were everywhere! I have a spare bedroom that served as storage and that is just no way to live! So I decided I would clean it up and create my very own craft space. I began my project with a DIY craft table!

Araceli Chan

How To Build A Modern Floating Corner Desk

My son wanted a modern looking floating corner desk in his bedroom, but there was a window in a way that prevented us from buying a standard work table. So I decided to build one instead. It was a cheaper alternative, one I could customize and it only took me about a day for this DIY. If you’re looking for an inexpensive floating desk for your own space, follow along.

Jon's DIY

Minecraft Inspired Computer Desk

Minecraft in real life is real fun! Here is a fun piece of minecraft inspired furniture that i built for Astor Services. I really enjoyed building this custom piece of furniture for the kids to enjoy. And i hope that you enjoy this video!! And HUGE thanks to Hilarie Burton and Jeffery Dean Morgan for all they do for ASTOR.

Doing It With Jason

Hometalkers' Favorite DIY Home Office Furniture Projects

Looking for the best home office furniture projects? You've come to the right place.

Upcycled Filing Cabinet

Got hold of an old 2 drawer filing cabinet (for this to work the cabinet has to have a base).

Jenny Ogg

DIY Filing Cabinet Desk

I have been using the plastic crates filing system for our important papers but I have never loved it. It is nice that it is portable, especially during hurricane season, and that's about it. Having a filing cabinet in the office was a must so I decided to go with a filing cabinet desk. This is not a new concept, I pinned several similar desks years ago. Also, there are a few options available to buy already done but I wanted something custom and cheap....as usual.

Brian & Kaylor

From This to That - An Old Desk Gets a New Life as a Kitchen Island

Old desk found on Kijiji for $40. It was sturdy with good bones. An additional $40. In materials and a little creative thought, turned it into a Kitchen Island.

Labruzzi

Suitcase Desk From a Wardrobe Trunk

Last year I made a desk similar to this one, but didn't take pictures during the build. So for everyone who wanted a little more detail here it is

Scott Valentine

Old Metal File Cabinet Makeover

Old Metal File Cabinet turned into Trash Bin Holder

Cris Darling

Paint An Old File Cabinet To Make A Large, Colorful Planter

Here is the blue planter completed and planted up and in situ with the red one I previously posted here. This blue one has Aloe Vera plants that were previously overcrowded in a terracotta pot (still have another dozen 'pups' or so to do something with) and the red has Cordyline - Sundance in it. Got this finished last night and nearly froze my tail off in the garden planting it up in the fading light. Had to enlist my husbands help with the final barrow load of compost/sand mix as my back was giving out with all the shovelling and shifting of soil/sand. It took more than I thought it would despite layering the first half of the file cabinet/planter with bark, branches and other garden debris to pad it out. I may lift the plants and add more soil yet. I top dressed with large river washed stones in black that I got from a local nursery. Both planters have these stones now. The blue file cabinet had no bottom so we cut a piece of scrap corrugated iron sheet to fit and I think it looks quite good! Keeps the soil in at that end. BTW if you did not see the red planter post then you may not realise this cabinet was painted as was the red one. Both cabinets were either ugly grey or beige and a little bit of rust here and there to start with. Products used to paint were Killrust Heavy Duty Primer and then Killrust Epoxy Gloss Enamel paint for the topcoat. Each had two coats of topcoat for good coverage. The red is Delicious Red and the blue is Ultra Blue. Both were painted by hand rather than spray as it was cheaper and the finish still came out good.

Carole

Upcycled Filing Cabinet

Got hold of an old 2 drawer filing cabinet (for this to work the cabinet has to have a base).

Jenny Ogg

DIY Filing Cabinet Desk

Brian & Kaylor

From This to That - An Old Desk Gets a New Life as a Kitchen Island

Old desk found on Kijiji for $40. It was sturdy with good bones. An additional $40. In materials and a little creative thought, turned it into a Kitchen Island.

Labruzzi

Suitcase Desk From a Wardrobe Trunk

Last year I made a desk similar to this one, but didn't take pictures during the build. So for everyone who wanted a little more detail here it is

Scott Valentine

Old Metal File Cabinet Makeover

Old Metal File Cabinet turned into Trash Bin Holder

Cris Darling

Paint An Old File Cabinet To Make A Large, Colorful Planter

Carole

New Home Office Furniture Projects

Looking for new ideas for DIY home office furniture? You'll find it all here.

Cloffice: How to Make an Office in a Closet

Sunny Side Design

How To Chalk Paint A Desk

If you love this project, grab your quick start DIY guide & subscribe to our blog!Who’s ready for a furniture flip? We’re going to teach you how to repair wood furniture while transform a wood vintage desk. This chalk paint desk turns out so good!The best time to repair damage on wood furniture is before painting.BEFORE PICTURE