Affordable smart home office ideas (and lower tech alternatives)

Connected or not, a smart home office is a space that makes your life easier and better. If your home office has development potential, you’re in the right place. 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. Your smart watch may notice the movement, too.

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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

Nothing lifts a Monday morning like a great playlist. With our 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. Most Bluetooth speakers can be made portable, so you can bring that Friday feeling into your kitchen.

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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

Your lighting can’t write emails, but it can do more than you might expect. 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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Smart lamps and bulbs for every desk setup

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ORMANÄS LED lighting strip, smart wireless dimmable/colour and white spectrum, 4 m

Subtle, powerful air purifiers

Get rid of unproductive dust and pollen. With STARKVIND air purifier and the IKEA Home smart app, you’re in full control to set timers or work/sleep modes for improved air quality. You can also 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

Handwritten password lists, company secrets, tax documents – keep them safe and out of sight. 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

If you’ve got more than one smart product from IKEA, DIRIGERA hub is your behind-the-scenes project leader for an ideal workflow. With it, 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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