Floating Desk with Shelves. Room to Think.
Transform Your Work and Study Space
If you’re looking to maximise space and create a stylish, functional home office or study space, our floating desks with shelves could be the perfect solution. At ON&ON, we’ve spent years perfecting a system that not only looks great but is highly practical. Not sure where a desk could go? See 10 home office layouts with floor plans.
Custom-Fit Floating Desks
Each desk is manufactured to order in our UK workshop. You get the benefits of a made-to-measure solution with the convenience of easy installation.
Whether you’re fitting it between walls or into a tight alcove, our floating desks and shelves are tailored to your exact measurements.
Why Choose an ON&ON Floating Desk?
Custom Lengths – Up to 5 Metres
With more people working and studying in compact spaces, maximising every centimetre counts. That’s why our standard desks can be made to any length up to 3 meters, and special orders go up to 5 meters on request.
Proper desks for work and study
- Floating to save valuable floor space and uninterrupted space for your legs and extra chairs underneath.
- Long seamless shelves above for additional storage.
- Long wall desks for the optimum work space.
- Continuous Lighting above for better performance and no need for desk lamps.
- No more messy wires. Our under-desk cable trays keep all your tech neatly organised and your workspace clutter-free.
- Mini shelves above to make sure you have a clutter free work surface.
Beautifully Simple Materials
Built to last, our desks use aluminium extrusions and high-pressure Formica laminate tops, making them tough enough for screens, printers, and daily wear.
Designed for Versatility
Our made-to-measure wall desks are perfect for:
- Running wall-to-wall installations
- Fitting into awkward or small alcoves
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Creating seamless and integrated workspace solutions
Learn more about layouts and dimensions with our product guide.
Easy Installation – Solid or Cavity Walls
All desks come with comprehensive installation instructions and fixings suitable for both solid and cavity wall types. We've included an installation video to walk you through the process.
How are our desks made?
Our desks are formed from a combination of materials and parts making them strong and durable. They are exceptionally strong as we combine our desks with aluminium parts, so you can use them for large desktop screens, books and printers. The top finish is a hardwearing Formica laminate that will last for a very long time. Our desks can be positioned at any height so long as they are in contact with our wall rail fixings, which allows them to be moved up or down and then be fixed into position. Standard heights for a desk are between 72cm and 75cm from your floor finish so if you speak with our planners this will be the standard height that they are set too. See the planning drawing below setting out a desk configuration with lighting and shelves within a recessed wall area.
Try adding different parts to your floating desk
There are a number of parts that we would recommend adding to our wall desk system:
Try adding shelves
Add shelves above the desk to create more filing and storage space lifted of from the desk and floor. With more storage space above there is plenty uninterrupted space for your legs and chairs underneath.
Add Shelf lighting
Try adding lighting above your desk. We don’t use spot lights but a continuous light designed into the shelf above that creates a wash of light so you can work at your desk even without a room light on. Using a continuous light above means there is no need to strain your eyes and makes it a little bit easier to work even if it’s late. Additionally there is no need for a desk lamp which can create a very strong hotspot and intense light to work under.
Add Cable Trays
Our cable management helps to declutter your work surface ensuring it is a clean and uncluttered space helping you focus and concentrate. Any cables needed can be mounted and stored in our cable tray positioned directly under the desk surface, all cables can be fed behind the desk along its full length and plugged into an extension cable mounted into the cable tray, see the image below. This is to limit the amount of visible cables but also to ensure you don’t have any trailing along the floor.
Add Cabinets
Combine our floating desk with our made to measure cabinets to help organise yourself and store things away.
Add Accessories
# Use our accessories to help manage your books, files, bits of paper and stationary items. All made from aluminium and finished to match your shelves and desk.
Add Some Mini Shelves
Add a mini shelf above your desktop to help tidy away stationary, mobile phones and keep your desktop decluttered and tidy. Our new mini shelves can be positioned at any height above your floating desk using adjustable wall rail fixings. They come in two depths 110mm & 60mm (11cm and 6cm) and several different lengths with finishes in black or white to match our desk and shelving.
Try our desk extension if it’s a small space
If you don’t have enough space for a full desk our desk extension may be a better alternative. Our desk extension works with our deepest shelf and can be positioned and fitted anywhere along the top surface. The size is 800 x 500mm (80 x 50cm) which means it can be easily fitted or removed if needed. It’s machined from aluminium and has a powder coated finish and standard colours are white or black. We are looking into some new colours including grey, yellow and red finishes. It’s the perfect size for a single workstation or great if you have a small space and want cabinets below.
Floating Desk FAQs
How long can a floating desk be? Our standard desks can be made to any length up to 3 metres, and special orders go up to 5 metres. Each one is made to measure in our UK workshop, so it can run wall to wall or fit a tight alcove.
What’s the best desk for a small home office? A floating desk keeps the floor clear, and shelves above keep the desktop free. If there’s no room for a full desk, our 80 x 50 cm desk extension fits on our deepest shelf and can be added or removed when you need it.
How deep and high is a floating desk? Our desks are 55 or 57 cm deep, including the fixings. Most are fitted 72–75 cm above the floor, but they can go at any height on the wall rails and be moved later.
How do I buy a desk from ON&ON?
Use our planning service it’s all free and easy where we will help design and cost you a system. All our helpful planners need is the height and width of your space to start, or speak to them for free samples. If you want to see our desk systems and prices click here or take a look at our how to buy page where you can send a request direct to our planning team.
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