| We live in a college town, and just eight miles down | | | | deeper than a standard desk. This allows a computer |
| the road is another college town with a larger | | | | monitor to be set back further or to be pushed back |
| University. For a couple of years we owned a used | | | | when more room is needed to work longhand. |
| furniture and antique store. It seemed that people | | | | The other type of common corner desk, which takes |
| would regularly come in wanting corner furniture | | | | up more a lot more space, is good for the person who |
| pieces: hutches, entertainment stands and, especially, | | | | needs a lot of room to work. This type of corner |
| corner desks. We rarely had them in stock. We were | | | | desks always reminds me of two desks pushed |
| dependent upon buying directly from the public | | | | together in a corner. Smaller versions of this type of |
| (whatever they brought in to sell), so we did not have | | | | corner desk is called an L-shaped desk. One of my |
| a lot of control over used furniture inventory. But, if I | | | | favorite benefits of this style desk is that you can put |
| could have only ordered one item of used furniture | | | | your computer on one surface, and with the simple |
| from a supplier in the same manner as I purchased | | | | 90° turn of your chair you have a clear work |
| new items, the piece I would order would be corner | | | | surface for other types of work. The support of one |
| desks. | | | | side of this desk style is often a filing cabinet, so |
| I think that the main reason they were so hard to get a | | | | though they may take up more floor space, they can |
| hold of used is because when people bought them, | | | | still offer some space saving options. Many of these |
| they would keep them longer than a regular style of | | | | corner desks also have a hutch on top of one side. If |
| desk. Corner desks are popular for many reasons. | | | | you have the space, this is a great style of desk to |
| Though it is interesting to note that the two main | | | | use, plenty of space for both computer and |
| reasons are opposite each other. They are: 1) corner | | | | non-computer work, shelving for books and display |
| desks can be a real space saver, and 2) corner desks | | | | items, drawers to keep office supplies organized, and |
| can offer a lot more work area if you have the floor | | | | a lower computer tower shelf. |
| space. | | | | The best things about corner desks is that they come |
| First, people often do not have the room for a regular | | | | made in a variety of materials (wood, metal & |
| desk; they can take up quite a bit of area along a wall. | | | | glass, partical board, and I have even seen plastic in |
| A small corner desk with a hutch on top provides a lot | | | | cool colors for a child's room) and styles to fit any |
| of work space while using very little square footage. | | | | budget. Plus, it is hard to find an item that is designed to |
| There are shelves for books and paper, and cubby | | | | fit two opposite scenarios: not enough space and |
| holes for computer programs, games, discs and other | | | | plenty of space! Though there are a lot of them out |
| peripherals, and sometimes lower shelve for computer | | | | there, I just wish I could have found more used ones |
| towers. The main surface area of a corner desk is | | | | when I owned a used furniture store! |