Desks for children's and teenagers' rooms

From small tops sized for a child rather than an adult, as in the Cars Piston Cup collection, to wide desks where a laptop and a notebook sit side by side. Some models come with a hutch of shelves and drawers.

Choosing a desk for a school-age child

The first desk is usually bought before reception or first grade, and it stays in use longer than anyone plans for. Tops here start small, sized for a child rather than an adult — as in the Cars Piston Cup collection — and run up to wide surfaces where a laptop and an open exercise book sit side by side. If the desk has to last several years, the wider one is the safer buy: children grow, and each school year adds textbooks.

Narrow desks for small rooms

Not every room has a wall for a wide top. Some models are shallow and fit under a window or into an alcove — and then books and folders move to the wall, because a wall module or a shelf unit from the same collection can hang above any of these desks. The Compact Room desk is 90 × 118 × 57 cm and also fits beneath that collection's bunk bed, if the room has to be organised vertically.

Two workstations in one room

Siblings sharing a room need two places to work, not one bigger one. Because every collection includes a desk, two identical models side by side, or one on each side of the window, read as a planned pair rather than an afterthought.

Finish and collections

The desks are made of furniture board with an antibacterial and hypoallergenic coating, some on a metal frame. The shape comes with the collection: Admiral is a captain's desk, Vintage Mode and Irony keep a quieter teenage line, and Frozen, SpiderMan and Cars Piston Cup are unmistakably for children.

Common questions

Which desk for a child starting school?

One where the child sits with forearms resting comfortably on the top and feet on the floor. The smallest tops here are in the Cars Piston Cup and Sweetheart collections. Because a child outgrows a desk faster than the desk wears out, one bought with width to spare usually lasts longer than one sized exactly.

Will a desk fit in a narrow room?

It depends on the depth of the top and on what has to stand on it. Shallower models fit under a window or into an alcove, and books and folders then move to a wall module or a shelf unit above the desk. The Compact Room desk, 90 × 118 × 57 cm, also fits beneath that collection's bunk bed.

Can two desks go in one room?

Yes — every collection includes a desk, so two identical models side by side, or one on each side of the window, make a coherent arrangement. For siblings that usually works better than one wider desk divided down the middle.