Working From Home at a Connected Desk

By Rachelle Dragani

If you’re one of the millions of Americans who works remotely, it’s time to enhance your work-from-home setup to better equip you to professionally excel in our digital age.

It doesn’t matter if you’re in your home office just one day a week or you’re a full-time remote worker—you deserve gear and equipment that will remove the stress, clutter and complications from your workday.

A great way to get this setup going today? Start using a connected desk. Designed for the modern era and easy to customize to your needs and preferences, it could be the missing link between a difficult workday and a productive one.

What is a connected desk?

A connected desk, also referred to as a smart desk, is a modern desk setup that makes it easy to have a productive, clutter-free and comfortable day of work in your home office.

Connected desks forgo outdated desk features like file drawers or clunky design. Instead, they prioritize the needs of the modern worker. Many smart desks have easy and fast ways to charge all devices, ergonomic design to minimize the negative effects of sitting all day and customizable features to meet your specific needs.

What can a connected desk do for you?

There are tons of ways a connected desk can make your life easier. Check out a few:

• Increase productivity – Whether it’s making it easy to add a second monitor to your setup or minimizing the distractions keeping you from your daily tasks, connected desks help you stay organized and focused.
• Decrease clutter – Smart desks have clever ways to hide cables and other items that keep workplaces distractingly messy, reducing the mental and physical clutter, which can in turn improve your concentration.
• Improve comfort and health – The more we learn about sitting at a desk all day, the less we want to do just that. Many connected desks offer workers flexibility that improves mental and physical health. They can be easily converted to standing desks or treadmill desks, are more optimized for sitting eye level with your computer rather than hunched over, and can be adjusted for height to work with your ergonomic chair.

4 great connected desks

There are tons of options on the market when you need a smart desk for a home office. With so many choices, think about what you want to prioritize in a smart desk.

If you’re antsy and uncomfortable all day long (or if your chiropractor has begged you to rethink your home office setup!), look for connected desks that can convert to standing desks. The Uplift Standing Desk has holes to hide cables and is more customizable than anything on the market, making it a good fit for everyone who wants to be very precise about their computer placement and posture as they stand to work.

If you’re looking for a minimalist home office setup that can support more than one person, a Poppin adjustable double desk is a great option. Whether you’ve got a student at home who wants to stand while doing their homework or you want to share a work station with a spouse, this desk is easy to keep clutter- and cable-free.

If you’re in need of more screens to efficiently work, the SmartDesk Dual Monitor is an office-worthy solution for remote work. Sleek and Zen while also easy to navigate between monitors, it’s a super professional home setup.

If you’re a night owl who likes a lot of desk space, the Fezibo Triple Motor L-Shaped Standing Desk was made just for you. It has ambient lighting that makes night work easier (and looks lovely in your home office). It also has a higher level to use for some of your office supplies or monitor, helping minimize clutter on your work surface.

Before you buy your connected smart desk

First, check in with your benefits coordinator at work. Many companies are now offering remote workers some sort of stipend or spending to get their home office up to snuff, especially if you’ve recently begun using more digital tools like the cloud or sophisticated software. See if you can get any of your upgrades covered!

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