Working from home is all good and well until you finish your shift and want to ease into downtime.
While some sort of home working set-up is the norm for millions, not everyone can live with office furniture encroaching on their space. The answer? Foldable pieces that you can tuck away out of sight the very second you clock off.
Office chairs are, by far, the worst culprits - at least you can repurpose a desk as a console table and slide a laptop and keyboard into a closed drawer. Traditional desk chairs are much harder beasts to coax into storage space - and that’s if you have any to spare in the first place.
Enter: the folding desk chair. A decent one should be able to pack down into dimensions small enough to tuck behind a cupboard or push under the desk where it won’t be in the way. Do such designs exist? Of course they do, and we’ve hunted down the best ones for the job below.
From chairs that double up as dining chairs to foldable contraptions that you can push away under the bed once you’ve clocked off, there is a world of choice out there - if you know where to look.
The selection below has been chosen across styles and price brackets, so there should be something to appeal to every palette and every pocket. Don’t forget to check out our roundups on home desks, office accessories and traditional office chairs to see how you can make your home working set-up a nicer and healthier place to be.
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FLEXISPOT Foldex Ergonomic Office Chair
For office workers who are serious about their back health, don't miss this incredible folding chair.
Set upright, it looks every inch the traditional desk chair with a tall back, headrest, armrests, swivel function and wheels, but once you've finished for the day, the backrest folds down onto the chair's seat, drastically shortening its height.
Depending on your desk height, you should be able to slide this completely underneath and forget about it until the next time you need it.
Buy now £259.99, Amazon
Tervo Model U Folding Office Chair
You needn't compromise your back health just because you're dealing with a small space. Have your cake and eat it with Tervo's folding office chair, an ergonomic design that can flip up its arms and fold right over, allowing you to stow it under your desk.
There's full body support thanks to the high rebound mesh layer, and the armrests flip up to give you more manoeuvrability too.
Buy now £139.99, Amazon
Folding Chair Folding Office Chair With Wheels
Good support and easy to store, sacrifice nothing with this folding desk chair available at Amazon. The swivel design with armrests sits on castors which aid flexibility, and comes in fun colours if you can't stand the usual black and grey chairs of this ilk generally come in.
It folds down so flat you can stash it in the back of a cupboard or even under the bed.
Buy now £185.00, Amazon
HOLLUDLE Ergonomic Office Chair with Foldable Backrest
Bow down to this folding office chair that comes complete with all the features you need to safeguard your back health while you're working.
There's flip-up armrests, height-adjustable gas-lift, full swivel ability, two tilt angles, castor wheels to glide you around the room and lumbar support. There's also a headrest so you can fully lean back into the chair, which is covered in mesh fabric to keep the design feeling breathable.
Buy now £139.99, Amazon
COSTWAY Padded Folding Chairs
Squeezed on space? You can still create a productive work-from-home environment with this set of two padded chairs that can fold away when you no longer need them. The seat and backrest are covered in an elegant linen fabric while the legs boast anti-slip footpads, so you stay steady and stable as you work.
The set is available in two colourways, but the coffee and beige duo has a mild Midcentury look that we just can't get enough of.
Buy now £119.95, Amazon
Nileco Wall-mounted Folding Chair
Got a spare piece of wall by your desk? Turn it into seat support with this wall-mounted folding chair where the seat flips up into the backrest while getting rid of the legs completely. Folded up, it's only 5cm in depth.
This minimal style would also serve well as somewhere to put on shoes in the hallway.
Buy now £64.99, Amazon
Habitat Peio Rattan Folding Dining Chair - Natural
A chair made for the dining room, but with the right seat cushion, can transform into a desk chair. It has a good level of back and seat support, but given there are no arms, this is best reserved for light emails and writing rather than a full eight-hour shift.
Buy now £80.00, Argos
YOTATING Saucer Chair
A chair that's as good for lounging as it is for light work, this oversized folding chair looks a lot like a camping chair, on steroids.
The strong metal frame comes with a cosy cover with the seat crafted in a saucer shape to keep you feeling cuddled. You'll find protective covers on the legs too, saving hard floors from unsightly scratches.
Buy now £75.99, Amazon
