How to Match Your Office Chair to Your Desk

Mondays are the worst, waking up early, commuting to work, sitting at a desk for eight hours, and staring at a computer screen. At the end of the day, you’re exhausted, your eyes are strained, and you just want to crawl back into bed and sleep for the rest of the week.

Trust us, we relate.

But what’s even worse is when you need to bring some of your work home and work in your home office. You’ve got to be careful when working from home; your home is your space, and work can easily sneak in and destroy it. Next thing you know, every time you look at your home office, you shudder with the remembrance of work.

But no worries! We can help. At the very least, matching your office chair to your desk will be a vital step in turning your home office into an area you actually enjoy (no easy feat, but a very rewarding one!)

Color

Close up of modern, orange office chair.

When matching office chairs to your desk, the colors should be complimentary. Clashing colors can make your office space an eyesore, and if the color of the office chair doesn’t match the color of the desk, the two are going to look incredibly mismatched and unorganized.

Style 

Brown, leather office chair in front of rustic, wooden desk.

Just like you wouldn’t decorate your living room half in rustic farmhouse and half in sleek modernism, your office chair design style should be harmonious with your desk. Clashing styles are just as obvious as clashing colors, and you’re going to want coherence in your office space.

 

Material 

Black, modern office chair paired with simple, small wooden desk.

A big mistake that is easily made when matching furniture is the failure to match material types of separate pieces. For instance, you might purchase a couch with metal feet and match it with a wooden coffee table. In some cases, this may work, but you need to be careful. Too much mismatch can turn your living room to disarray.

Size 

Large black and white calendar hung above a wooden rectangular desk.

Lastly, size is important when matching desks and chairs– similarly to when you match your dining chairs to tables. You don’t want your desk chair to be too tall or too short– it’s got to be just right, just like Goldilocks’ porridge.

This isn’t just for aesthetic purposes; chair height will allow you to work most efficiently. It’s hard to type at your computer when you’re either banging your knees against the top of your desk or straining to reach the top.

To measuring the height of your desk chair: stand in front of the chair and adjust it so that the top of the seat (or cushion) hits the spot right below your kneecap. That’s it! Most desk chairs are adjustable, so they should be pretty flexible.

That’s about it! Just make sure that your desk chair matches both your height and the desk- figure out the measurements of your desk and chair before buying (you’ll thank yourself later!)

Office Chairs for Every Style

Two computers and a laptop on top of an industrial style corner office desk.

 

Sometimes it can be tough to assign importance to choosing specific pieces of your room décor. A desk chair, in some people’s minds, may not hold as much weight as buying an area rug or a sofa. But when it comes to interior decorating, every little thing matters! Don’t treat the little pieces as an oversight, because they’ll all be coming together to make YOUR perfect space.

Happy shopping!

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