The best... stylish home office accessories

Areaware concrete desk set Cast from solid concrete, this elegant desk set – consisting of a small Sellotape tape dispenser, a pencil holder and a tray – was designed by Magnus

Pettersen for

Areaware (£59; scp.co.uk).

House by John Lewis Tony Desk Lamp John Lewis’s compact anglepoise-style lamp is simple but classic. It has a painted finish that comes in various muted colours – this one is “lichen” – and has a fiveyear guarantee (£25; johnlewis.com). ▲ Petrified log stool These stools are made from hand-polished petrified wood, and each one is unique. They can be used as an extra place to sit, or as a side table (£565; andrewmartin.co.uk).

Laptop brush Pocket-sized and foldable, this laptop brush can sweep away the dust and crumbs that gather in the crevices. One side has soft goat’s hair; the other, stiff boar bristle (£15; oxfordbrush company.com).

Aspinal of London Refillable Journal Hand-crafted in England from Italian leather and available in various colours, Aspinal’s refillable notepads can be monogrammed at no extra cost (£85; aspinal

oflondon.com).

Desktop Blue Folle Classic Stapler Designed by the Danish designer Folmer Christensen, and manufactured by Folle since 1946, this sturdy stapler comes in blue or red (£45; choosingkeeping.com).

Curie Swivel

Chair Vintage Brown Leather Most offices have pretty ugly chairs; at home, you could have this vintagestyle leather one from the British firm Gallery Direct (£489; eclectic-niche.com).

Kartell Componibili Storage – 3 Elements This classic storage unit, designed by Anna Castelli Ferrieri in 1968, comes in a range of heights, configurations and colours

(£115; made indesign. co.uk).

Patch

Plants Anna Chinese Evergreen For a lowmaintenance desk plant that only needs light watering, try a Chinese evergreen, or Aglaonema “Silver Bay” (plant £20, pot £40; patch plants.com).