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So you don't have the budget for custom built-ins or a separate room to house your home office? Claim any unused space you can find, like that space under the stairs. There is just enough room for a small desk and even a file cabinet — lovely when it is done tastefully and not happenstance. See more home office ideas

Make your space work for you. Just when you thought you didn't have the square footage for a home office. Employ your space with simple furnishings and a clean color palette for a workspace that is equally functional and charming.

It would have been easy to let this awkward corner languish unused. Instead, it's rescued by a shallow desk and portable filing cabinet that, combined with the art on display, turn it into an appealing little work area.Next:How To Turn Your Closet Into an OfficeHow to Set Up a Great Workspace for TwoBudget-Friendly Home Makeover IdeasMost Popular Home Offices Added to Houzz in 2011

6. A clean, white Louis Ghost Chair turns this office from average to stunning. Users loved how the designer transformed a slightly awkward nook in the corner of this room into a great desk space.

Use extra space for a home office. Don’t currently have a home office but want to kick off 2012 with your own workspace? Take a gander around your home, it’s possible you have a hint of space here or there that can be transformed with the addition of a desk. You may find the room in a nook under the stairs...

have this exact same area and had no clue what to do with it!!! Yay! Now I do...

Desk Nook Under Stairs

Desk

Love the simplicity of this office.

Under the stairs?

excellent use of space

good use of space

great use of under stairway space

added space for the guest room/office?

LITTLE OFFICE RETREAT

small desk for work

Under stairs

Understairs space in Utility Room

Arrangement

perfect for closet

Computer nook

Nice use of small area

Layout

Pictures

under stairwell office

space below stairs

Picture placement

Work

just beautiful

book

Idea for under the stairs

utilizing excess space.

Nook

basement office

boston terrier photos, haha

debajo de escaleras

Office under stairs

Like this fir under store

Nook

Stairvdesk

Desk under stairs.

Office

Rinconcito

Office

Office

Simple yet amazing

Downstairs

hm office

under stair. idea

Photo arrangement

Nice way to fit a small table in for a workspacee

under the stairs?

Table under staircase

use of space under staircase

nice nook

Simple elegant office space

Find a nook and make it work

Not much room, but I love the idea of a nook area under the staircase

Great use of space!

Desk

desk and chair

Desk

Add a little office area to Matt's bonus room?

Office under stairs

table

Corner, space, photos

Desk

Cool

under stairs study nook without built in joinery

simple

Mini

6. A clean, white Louis Ghost Chair turns this office from average to stunning. Users loved how the designer transformed a slightly awkward nook in the corner of this room into a great desk space.

the space is to small

Desk

Like the idea of the under-the-stairs reading nook

like simplicity & frames

nook - shallow desk

Desk

书桌

office

Las fotos debajo de la escalera

Unique!

like it

chair

Under the stairwell office

Study nook

Frames

black and white

Bureau

Built in office space

Escritorio

Nook

Make use of low headroom space

Office

Use of wasted space.

Perfect office sace

Love this for a small office

creative use of space

escritorio

I love how they use this space. Very efficient, and taking away the need to use a whole room.

table for study

Like utilizing space

desk

Great use of a small bit of space, for whomever could use just a little office.

by the desk, i little organizer

debajo de la escalera

i like it

good idea

little workspace in a nook, if needed... way to maximize space

27

desk

space under stairs - no built-ins

Under stairs work cubby

Cute

角落

Like this

Oficina debajo de la Escalera

Study under stairs

Perfect place for houseguests to set up their laptops

Great use of a niche

Computer desk

Good computer station for guests

Proportion- The furniture pieces are all placed according to the triangle like space so as to fit and be functional.

picture location

Nice corner desk

Great use of space

Study for vivek's room

great use of small space

Use of space

my little space

use as a reading nook for grand children

Small little office

desk and space

home office nook

Use of space!

good office space

Desk nook

Upstairs bedroom open niche

Great use of space.

Good use of wasted space

Clever space usage

reminder of Philip Stark chair

Clever use of unusable space!

Under the stairs

creative use of space

Simplicité

Decor

مكتبه تحت الدرج

Stairs

bike space

Merdiven altı çalışma köşesi olarak değerlendirilmiş.

Under the stairs

space saver

Espacio de escritorio para visitas

Office space

Clever under stair idea

Chair

Use of space

Daddy desk

Une très bonne idée pour aménager le dessous de l'escalier.

CLASSY

Great use of space.

Gonia

Maybe under the stair case

Love the chair

Would be a nice addition under our stairs one day

Small, efficient work space under stairway

IT corner

zone area

neat use of a potentially wasted space

Good idea

upstairs office

Despacho

Space saver desk

Corner

Table desk

under staircase desk

Nice

Buro

Use of space. Colors.

under stairs

resin chair for office

Like this small desk area.

I did this in our previous home and turned the understairs area into a great little office nook.

Under stairs

Small office

NICE "BENEATH" STAIRCASE STUDY

kids desk, bedroom

table design

Kens nook

Two desks like this with container store wall unit

Chair

under the stairs work station

Desk and pics

love the use of "odd" space

Simple. Clean. I like it

use of space