Affordable smart home office ideas (and lower tech alternatives)

From desks and lighting to speakers and storage, these affordable smart home office ideas can improve your workday – with or without an app.

Various smart home office products like a DIRIGERA smart hub, a remote and a lamp with built-in charging are on a grey desk.

Encouraging, elevating desk setups

Changing position regularly between sitting and standing helps you move your body so that you feel and work better. A sit/stand desk setup gives you the possibility to easily adjust: some have electric buttons (and memory settings), others use crank handles or gas springs.

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An electric MITTZON sit/stand desk with a walnut veneer table top and white frame has a laptop on it by a beige office chair.

A white TROTTEN sit/stand desk has a laptop, laptop monitor stand, keyboard and mouse on top of it, by a sit/stand support.

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Effortless, mood-setting sound

With SYMFONISK speakers that blend into your home office, you can stream music, podcasts and radio via Wi-Fi. Bluetooth speakers are easy to connect and use and most of them are portable.

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A SYMFONISK picture frame with WiFi speaker in a blue-green checkered motif hangs on a wall above a desk, by storage cubes.

A square, white VAPPEBY Bluetooth speaker with black details like knobs and screws, is on a wooden shelf by decorative items.

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A spectrum of smart office lighting

With smart bulbs and lighting strips, you can use an app to turn on/off, dim, switch from warm to cold light or set timers. Remote control solutions are possible, too. Or how about a lamp with wireless charging, a USB-C port or a touch dimmer?

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A smart phone lays on the built-in charger of a white NYMÅNE work lamp with wiress charging that is shining light on a desk.

A smart phone sits horizontally in the phone holder of a dimmable, turquoise BRUNBÅGE LED work lamp with storage.

A LÅNESPELARE ring light with phone holder is being used as two freestanding units, on a white desk that has a laptop on top.

A chrome-plated MODERMOLN work lamp is on a desk with a plug connected to its built-in USB-C charging port on the base.

A smart, wireless ORMANÄS lighting strip glows through the holes and of white SKÅDIS pegboards on a wall behind a desk.

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Subtle, powerful air purifiers

Get rid of unproductive dust and pollen with STARKVIND air purifier and the IKEA Home smart app. Set timers or work/sleep modes for improved air quality and add a gas filter to reduce pollutants and odours. UPPÅTVIND is our mighty, manually adjustable option (particle filter only).

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A circular, black STARKVIND smart air purifier on black steel legs stands on a rug with a desk and drawer units behind it.

A storage system with a shelf holding white boxes, books, a white UPPÅTVIND air purifier and a white air quality sensor.

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Stylish, lockable storage

You can make almost any cabinet or drawer lockable with an easy-to-mount SOLSTOL lock and pre-paired key tag. Or choose storage that has a built-in lock or a closure mechanism designed for a hanging lock.

A desk drawer is open, showing a SOLSTOL cabinet lock mounted on the inside of the drawer front. A key tag is on the desktop.

A white, powder-coated steel TROTTEN drawer unit has its drawer open with a small hanging lock visible on the righthand side.

A light office interior with side-by-side white TROTTEN cabinets with sliding doors standing beneath framed art.

Two beige, powder-coated steel KOLBJÖRN cabinets are in front of a window and have different potted plants on top.

A close up of an oval-shaped brass key in the keyhole of a green STOCKHOLM 2025 cabinet with two lockable doors.

The mastermind, all-in-one hub

With DIRIGERA hub, you can connect and control your affordable smart home office products in the IKEA Home smart app. For example, you could create a ‘working from home’ scene that turns on your work lamp at 7:45, starts your tunes at 7:50 and reduces your air purifier to its most quiet speed at 8. Then have it all programmed to turn off when it’s time to log out.

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