Find your starting point
A guide for your space.
Choose a topic, then find the measurement, comparison or setup check you need.
01 · Explore
Monitor arms
Make room on the desk without bringing the screen too close.
Choose an arm
- Monitor arms for shallow desks
- Single monitor arms
- Dual monitor arms
- Monitor arms for ultrawide and curved screens
- Freestanding monitor mounts
- Stacked monitor mounts
- Monitor arms for three screens
- Monitor arms for a monitor and laptop
- Wall-mounted monitor arms for home offices
- Mechanical vs gas-spring monitor arms
Measure and mount
- Check monitor VESA fit
- How to find your monitor’s weight without the stand
- How to measure monitor-arm clamp clearance under a desk
- Monitor-arm clamp or through-desk mount
- Mount a monitor without VESA holes
- Monitor-arm reinforcement plates
- Monitor arms for thick worktops
- Low-profile monitor arm clamps for desks with rear rails
- Quick-release VESA plates
Position and troubleshoot
- Two single monitor arms or one dual arm
- Monitor arm or monitor riser?
- Set up a portrait monitor on an arm
- Why a curved monitor tilts down
- Fix a monitor arm that keeps dropping
- Why a monitor arm wobbles while you type
- What to do when monitor-arm cables pull
- How to position two mismatched monitors
- How to read a monitor arm’s height range
- How to check whether an existing arm fits a new monitor
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Desks
Find a work surface that fits the room, chair and equipment.
Choose a desk
Standing desks
Measure, set up and maintain
- Choose a desk height
- How deep should your desk be?
- How to measure under-desk clearance
- Can your desktop take a monitor-arm clamp? Material and fixing checks
- How to measure doorways and turns for desk delivery
- What a standing desk’s weight rating includes
- How to route standing-desk cables
- Why a desk wobbles at standing height
- Desk grommets and inserts for cable access
- How to level a desk on carpet or hard flooring
- Standing desk controls and memory presets
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Office chairs
Check the seat and armrests against your body and desk.
Choose a chair
Seat and desk fit
Arms, wheels and care
- Office chairs with flip-up armrests
- Armless office chairs for small desks
- Office chairs with manufacturer-approved removable arms
- Office chair castors for hard floors and carpet
- How to measure an office chair castor stem
- What to do when chair wheels hit a footrest
- How to clean mesh and fabric office chair seats
04 · Explore
Desk accessories
Make room for the everyday things you actually use.
Screens and keyboards
Feet and standing setups
05 · Explore
Small-room setups
Make a desk work in a bedroom, shared room or small flat.