L-Shaped Desk

L-shaped desk dimensions and how to measure the corner

An L-shaped desk turns a corner into working surface instead of dead space, which is why it fits a spare room better than a straight desk of the same footprint. You get a main run and a return, and the return is where the things you use but do not look at go.

It needs two measurements rather than one, and the corner has to be genuinely square. These run 43.3 to 68.9 inches along the front and 28.4 to 59.8 deep, and that depth figure is the footprint of the L rather than the desktop, which is worth knowing before you compare it to a straight desk.

Corner desks with a hutch or a charging station

Check the wall for a radiator, a baseboard or a door that swings into the corner, because an L-shape commits to both walls at once and cannot be nudged along afterwards.

A hutch raises storage above the surface without taking more floor, and overall heights here reach 76.8 inches, so measure against the wall rather than assuming desk height. Where a desk carries a charging station the port types are named on the product page, and it needs a socket within reach of the corner you have chosen.

Setting up two monitors on an L-shaped desk

Two monitors is the reason most people buy the shape. Put the main screen on the long run directly ahead and the second on the return at an angle, so you turn your head rather than your chair. Keep the corner itself clear: it is the hardest part of the desk to reach and the easiest to lose to clutter.

Cable management routes leads through the frame rather than leaving them across the return, which matters more on an L than on a straight desk because the cable run is longer.

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