45 Small Home Office Design Ideas (Photos)

Tiny office space in condo by DECOR AID

How’s this for an efficient home office? It’s a closet built under a staircase. While not ideal for working at home, for a place to work on a computer, it’s ideal. The designer put in a lot of care here with the built-in floating desk, floating shelves and colors. Even the stools fit under the desk so the closet doors can be closed.

Here’s a tiny room with a full-width desk, large arched window with original brick walls painted white. While small, this is a comfortable and attractive place to work. This is a fabulous example of a small home office.

This is a beautiful design that anyone could incorporate into a small spare bedroom or any extra room. The built-in shelving, contemporary desk, guest chair and wood flooring with area rug make this a cozy and comfortable small home office space that anyone would be happy to have. Seriously, look closely at this and you’ll see it’s not expensive and not difficult to execute this look.

Here’s a bonus room space that’s converted into a small home office. It’s pretty minimalist, but does the job.

If you have no dedicated room available, look for an unused corner where you can put a small desk (we have this IKEA desk as well). You really don’t need much space and as you can see this work area looks good, is very inexpensive and serves perfectly well for a home office.

If you have an attic, here’s a great idea for how to convert it into a small home office. Just watch your head. Designed by: Closet Works

Again, another example of a beautiful design that’s not expensive or difficult. This is just white walls, white desk, white ceiling and dark hardwood flooring resulting in a very attractive work space. Designed by: Chango & Co

Example of a small room with a contemporary home office design. You can gell a few bucks was invested here with the office furniture but otherwise it’s a simple, but effective design. Source: Trulia

Another example of a tiny computer station in a home that works in a tiny space. Original brick wall retained but painted white. Recessed lighting nicely illuminates the space.LLI Design

Here’s a great design in between bedrooms. This is a jack and jill home office which is cool by fitting it in a small thoroughfare space between two bedrooms.

Here’s a classic rustic style home office with lots of distressed wood and matching distressed wood desk. Designed by: Crosswood Homes

Cool modern minimalist home office with cool modern writing desk and orange chair in an otherwise all white space with hardwood flooring. It doesn’t get simpler than this yet looks good.Designed by: Ben Amzaleg

I love this design for an office off the kitchen in a bright corridor. A long built-in desk has space for two workstations, which is great for kids or the home’s computers. Designed by: la SHED Architecture

Classic craftsman style home office with light wood desk, hardwood flooring and matching floating shelves.

I love this modern attic home office with two skylights and small glass-topped modern desk. It’s a beautiful space where it’s removed from the rest of the home for privacy and quiet.

This is about as small as it gets with this tiny home office placed under a staircase. The desk is just big enough to accommodate a laptop and mouse pad. It works though.

It may be a small room, but this office is definitely the executive style with built-in white shelves, gorgeous dark wood desk with guest chair. The room has new hardwood floors with a well-selected area rug that ties the room together.

Highly functional l-shaped built-in desk and work station with built-in upper cabinets make this a great small home office that would work for a full time work-from-home space without requiring a large space. Designed by Closet Factory

Small minimalist white home office with dark wooden shelves, stylish furniture in neutral colors, and a colorful painting for a pump of energy to the room. Designed by Canny

Tiny home office with warm brown interior wallpaper and a matching table, a plush armchair, and a colorful painting to spark imagination, passion, and romance. Designed by Roselind Wilson Design

Small Industrial-style galley home office with grey built-in bookcases, minimalist chair and a table with a wide tabletop surface, and built-in seating with throw pillows and ambient wall lighting. Designed by GAO

Woman standing outside the space alloted to a small open office in an open concept home. Designed by: Dot Partners

Gaudy small home office with gray and white walls, geometric chrome wall mirrors, floor lamp, and a chrome lamp and table standing on a rug with busy patterns. Designed by Kerrie Kelly Design Lab

Tiny Eclectic home office with black-framed square and rectangle wall frames of varying sizes featuring black and white photos and white open space offset by the vivid red on the furniture pieces and accessories. Designed by Stephane Chamard

Small Industrial home office with gray rustic walls, green sliding doors, and a matching green L-shaped built-in desk. Designed by: Hughes Umbanhowar Architects

Contemporary home office with full glazed walls that let in the stunning greenery outdoors and some wooden rectangular frames for a touch of visual warmth to the room. Designed by: Jesse Bennett

Tiny minimalist home office with low shed ceiling, recessed lighting, a photo wall frame, and a vivid orange chair for a touch of color to the room. Designed by: Ben Amzaleg

Small white home office with built-in open shelving and desktop and an aquarium-themed ceiling and wall. Designed by CEILTRIM

Home office with a clever bookcase or shelving design by the windows and a rectangular wood tabletop. Designed by: Chan Architecture

Tiny home office in a carved space with built-in desk and plenty of hidden storage from the built-in wood cabinetry. Designed by: Slade Architecture

Tiny rustic home office with a built-in desk and stool. Designed by PplusP Designers

Tiny home office with an office table with low shelving, a stylish chair, and floor-to-ceiling windows and transparent draperies. Designed by Dmitriy Mudrogelenko

Small home office with built-in open shelving, a built-in desk, windows, and a sofa. Designed by Ippolito Fleitz Group

Contemporary home office with a rectangular table that serves as a workspace for two and built-in cabinetry with spacious countertop space. Designed by Metropole Architects

Small white modern home office with cubbies shelving, built-in desk with storage organizers, and some colorful accessories for a jolt of color. Designed by Roselind Wilson Design

Attic home office with a window seating, a wall-mounted TV, carpet flooring, and a floating shelf above the office table and chair. Designed by Roselind Wilson Design

Tiny modern home office with kitchen nook-style table and bench seating. Designed by jm architecture

Home office with grayish blue walls, a window with floor-to-ceiling curtains, floor lamps, low yellow walls, and a matching yellow armchair facing the wooden office table.

Simple home office with built-in open shelving for plenty of storage and an attached space-saving built-in desk paired with a wicker armchair and wastebasket.

Attic home office with freestanding open shelving, a long rectangular office table, and a stylish lamp.

Small home office with a small corner window, an office table with drawers, and a couple of chairs.

Tropical style home office with an indoor plant, green plush chair, wicker furniture, glass table, and a beige ottoman.

Small home office with large windows, floating shelves, and wood flooring.

Tropical style home office with shutter windows, woven furniture and accessories such as the wall stars and hanging fishes, an indoor plant, rustic table, and wood flooring.

Small home office with recessed lighting, built-in shelving, built-in desk with drawers and paired with an accent velvet chair, a wall mirror, and carpet flooring.

Spacious urban chic home office with white walls decorated featuring a decorative industrial copper lighting, a floating shelf with pipes, woven blinds, crates that make up a stylish desk with storage and paired with a cushioned crate ottoman, and a colorful rug on the wooden flooring.