Best Desk Accessories To Brighten Up Your WFH Workspace

Most home desks are a laptop on a table. Adding four things - light, something green, something on the wall and somewhere for the cables to go - changes the whole room.

None of it needs to cost much or be permanent, which matters if you're renting.

Honest note: we make cards, prints, pin badges and party decorations. LEGO sets, lamps and stationery are recommendations from elsewhere.

Things that make a desk look personal

• A print on the wall at eye level - the single biggest change for about GBP 15.
• A buildable LEGO plant, which survives the weeks you forget to water anything.
• A pin badge board or a small framed quote propped by the monitor.
• A mug you actually like rather than the free conference one.
• One photo, printed rather than left on your phone.

Tactile things for thinking time

• A rocking or weighted desk object to nudge while you're on a call - it's the grown-up version of clicking a pen.
• A small build project that lives on the desk and gets added to.
• A proper notebook and a pen with some weight to it.
• A wooden puzzle or a fidget object that isn't obviously a fidget toy on camera.
• Anything quiet. Clicky things on a video call are noticed.

The practical four

• A desk lamp with warm bulbs, because the overhead light is why your calls look bleak.
• A laptop stand and separate keyboard - the cheapest fix for a sore neck.
• Cable clips along the back edge; a tidy desk stops looking temporary.
• A monitor if you've got room, which is the upgrade people regret not making sooner.
• A tray or shelf for the bits, so the surface stays clear.

Small desks and shared rooms

• Go vertical: a shelf above the desk holds everything the surface can't.
• One decorative object, not five, when space is tight.
• A folding desk or a drawer you can sweep everything into at 5.30pm.
• Removable hooks rather than nails if you're renting.
• Hanging prints without damage - Read the guide

Shop prints and badges

How to write it so it lands

• Warm lamp, not the overhead light.
• One print at eye level does the most.
• Keep the fidget object quiet.

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• All guides

Frequently asked questions

What are the best desk accessories for working from home?

A warm desk lamp, a laptop stand, cable clips and one print on the wall at eye level. Then one personal object - a buildable plant, a badge board or a framed photo.

How do you make a boring desk look better cheaply?

A print at eye level for about GBP 15, a warm lamp instead of the overhead light, and cable clips along the back edge. Under GBP 40 total.

What can you put on a desk instead of a plant?

A buildable model plant. It needs no water or light, survives a fortnight away, and doubles as something to fiddle with on long calls.

How do you decorate a desk when you're renting?

Removable adhesive hooks, propped frames rather than hung ones, and a shelf that clamps rather than screws. Nothing that leaves a mark.

What should you avoid on a work-from-home desk?

Anything noisy on camera, and more than one or two decorative objects on a small surface. Clutter reads worse than bare.

Do you sell LEGO sets or plants?

No. We design and print greetings cards, enamel pin badges, prints and party decorations in the UK. LEGO Botanicals and real plants are recommendations from elsewhere - the only things linked to our own shop are ours.