A landing, alcove or hallway nook
A 40 by 24 inch top is small for a desk and exactly right for the places people actually put one: the end of a landing, an alcove beside a chimney breast, the gap between a wardrobe and a window. Two drawers hang under the surface and travel with it, so a small desk does not need a separate cabinet stealing the floor space that made it fit in the first place.
The drawer housing bolts to the underside before the frame goes on, and it is worth dry-fitting it first to decide which side the drawers face. On a desk this narrow the drawer front and the column are close together, and getting the order wrong means taking both off again.
| Desktop | 40 x 24 in |
| Height range | 28.3 to 46.5 in |
| Storage | Drawer unit plus monitor shelf |
| Shelf load | 26.4 lb |
| Memory presets | 4 |
| Load capacity | 176 lb |
| Frame | Painted metal |
| Colour | White |
| Colour | White |
Figures as published for this model. Anything that has never been published is left out rather than estimated.
The same figures as every other page in this section, lined up against the section itself. Being the biggest at something is not the same as being the best at it, so the last column says where a number puts this model and leaves the judgement to you.
| Figure | This model | All 13 desks | Where that puts it |
|---|---|---|---|
| Top width | 40 in | 40 to 71 in | The narrowest of the 13 |
| Top depth | 24 in | 23.6 to 30 in | Deeper than 3 of the other 12 |
| Lowest height | 28.3 in | 27.9 to 28.35 in | Lower than 2 of the other 12 |
Ranges cover only the desks that publish the figure at all; a model that has never published one is left out of that row rather than counted as a zero.
Of the 13 desks in this section this is the least expensive, with 12 above it up to $359.99. It carries a published list price of $159.99, so the figure above is below that rather than the usual asking price.
It carries 635 customer reviews at 4.5 out of five, which is the highest rating in the section. Those numbers come from the retail listing and are reproduced rather than curated, including when they are unflattering.
The three desks nearest this one in price, so the comparison is between real alternatives.
The 48 by 24 inch drawer desk in white, which is the version that disappears into a pale room.
The 48 by 24 inch desk with a keyboard tray: standard width, keyboard one level down.
A 44 by 24 inch desk with a pull-out keyboard tray, the compact way to get the keyboard off the top.
