Guides / Home office · Published 2026-10-26
Home office clearances: 36″ behind the desk
A desk needs 36″ behind it.
Home offices are in almost every brief now, and the chair zone is the part that gets squeezed. The numbers to draw with: desk height 29–30″ (740–760 mm), 36″ (900 mm) from the desk edge to the wall behind, 44″ (1100 mm) if someone walks behind the chair, and at least 30″ of clear knee space.
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