The French Desk: Affordable French Style Writing Desks
In this post: If you’re looking for a pretty French desk at a reasonable price, this shopping guide offers many affordable options with great style and French attitude.
Do you have an office space that you absolutely love to work in?
When I began working at home several years ago, I set up an office in a light filled room surrounded on three sides by wall to wall windows. But the icing on the cake was a pretty writing desk I bought at an antique shop in our neighborhood. I truly enjoyed working at that desk and was inspired to decorate it with pretty French accessories.
Then we moved to our new house, and the desk fit perfectly in my daughter’s room. I knew I’d have to find a new one for myself.
My new office was much darker and the desk would be free standing in the center of the space, so instead of being concerned with only the front of the desk, I now needed to find something that looked great from all sides.
You can see the one I picked in my French country study, and I must say, it’s one of the most asked about items in my home.
That beautiful French desk is among the selections below, along with many other options, including one that looks like the antique desk my daughter now uses.
As shopping online has changed quite a bit in the past few years, there are some things I’d like to point out.
For one, I do my best to update this post periodically, but many of the vendors run out of stock quickly so you may find some broken links. Please know I do come back to change those links as often as I can. If you’re looking for something in particular, I may be able to help if you send me an email pointing it out.
I’ve tried my hardest to link only items most people would consider “affordable”, which for desks I define as under $1000 (with many in the $300-$500 range).
However, with stock so severely limited in recent months I’ve included some higher priced items. I promise you this is not a bait and switch tactic but rather an attempt to offer a selection of options to those who don’t mind spending a little more.
At this writing there are still plenty of items on the list that are priced in the low hundreds, but I do find it increasingly difficult to find these items available in stock. More than half do currently fit my definition of affordable.
Please enjoy looking through the choices selected below and if you find one you like, all you need to add is some pretty feminine accessories and you’ll be good to go. What a great way to be inspired to get your work done!
Writing Desks Source List
To get the look, click on the items below for direct links to the products. Where actual items were no longer available, I’ve provided similar options. If an item is out of stock but may be restocked, I left it on the list.
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Hi Lory. I’m not in need of a desk but of a sewing table with hopefully foe storage space for scissors, etc. do you think any of these would work for this purpose? I currently have my sewing machine on a foldout table from Costco and it starts bumping up and down when I sew. I’d like something more esthetically pleasing than a plastic table. Wondering if you think any of these would work for that purpose?
Yes, Brenda, absolutely!! It depends on the size you need and all, but I think maybe one of the small writing desks with a few drawers would work perfectly. In fact, I think that’s a great use for these desks!!
Brenda, please see Ginger’s comment here too!!
I’ve always envied your office, so I bought that same desk about a year ago, along with the matching file cabinet. The room held all off my sewing/quilting supplies, and out of season Decor. It was a disaster straight out of “HORDERS”! Once everything was boxed up and the room stripped clean, I decided it needed new paint and flooring, and the built in shelving and cabinets previously used to hold clear boxes filled with fabric needed fresh paint too. It’s only been within the past couple months that the room has finally come together, and I couldn’t be more pleased! All thanks to your home office post. Thanks Lory!
What a lovely thing to hear, Ginger!! I now need to point Brenda, above, to this comment… 🙂
Oh my so beautiful I so enjoyed your office before looking forward to see what you have for us now Thank you for the list of items God bless
All of the desks are so lovely. You have a lovely office space.
I like the idea of a desk in the bedroom as it can function as a make-up station as well. Any where I can place some books and my daily journals is a plus. These are beautiful desks you’ve shown.