Home Office Worxby Kloset Worx · Brooklyn

Brooklyn, New York

Home office built-ins in Brooklyn.

Designed online with a live 3D view and price, measured in your home, then built and installed by the Kloset Worx studio.

A wall of wood cabinetry with a fold-away bed at its center
A wall of wood cabinetry with a fold-away bed at its center
§ 01 Brooklyn homes and home office built-ins

Brooklyn splits between rowhouses and new buildings. In Park Slope, Brooklyn Heights, Fort Greene, Clinton Hill and Bed-Stuy, most homes are brownstones and brick rowhouses. They have parlor floors with high ceilings, original fireplaces, deep window casings and narrow stairs. Williamsburg, Greenpoint, DUMBO and Downtown Brooklyn have mostly newer condos, with flat drywall, standard ceilings and doorman-building rules.

A rowhouse lets you build to the full height of a parlor floor. A condo means planning around elevators, management and tighter rooms. Both work well for built-ins once the site measure has settled the details.

Home office built-ins in Brooklyn rooms

In brownstones, the office often goes in a back bedroom or the top floor, under lower ceilings and beside a chimney breast. Desks fit into the alcoves either side of the chimney, with shelving above. It's an old pattern that still works.

In Brooklyn condos, a desk wall with closed uppers and task lighting turns a spare bedroom into a quiet workspace. A wall bed keeps it ready for guests.

§ 02 What changes in a Brooklyn install

Stairs and stoops

Rowhouse stairs are narrow and turn tightly, so tall pieces are built in sections that fit the stair and are joined on site. The site measure includes the delivery path, not just the wall.

Original details

Brownstone walls often carry original moldings, picture rails, pocket doors and mantels. Built-ins can return to existing casings, stop short of a picture rail or frame a mantel. Tell us what you want to keep.

Brick party walls

Many rowhouse walls are brick behind the plaster. That changes how cabinets are anchored, and it affects where power and low-voltage can run for media walls and lit shelving.

Condo rules

Williamsburg, DUMBO and Downtown Brooklyn condos follow the same pattern as Manhattan buildings: insurance certificates, elevator bookings and set work hours. Send the requirements early.

§ 03 Where it tends to land
  • Floating desk wallFrom $10,500
  • Walnut desk wallFrom $23,000
  • Office and guest roomFrom $32,500

Indicative installed prices, the same in every borough. See the full cost guide for ranges by size and finish, or price your own in the designer.

↳ Looks

Looks for Brooklyn homes.

Four designs to start from, each priced and rendered in 3D from the designer. Load one, then make it yours.

Walnut desk wall: 3D rendering of a Home Office Worx design
Walnut desk wall$23,000 – $28,000

Ten feet of walnut: a desk on drawer banks, closed storage either side of open shelves, and task lighting.

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Office and guest room: 3D rendering of a Home Office Worx design
Office and guest room$32,500 – $39,500

White oak with a queen wall bed beside the desk, a leather inlay and a printer pull-out.

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Sage secretary: 3D rendering of a Home Office Worx design
Sage secretary$14,000 – $17,000

A wall of sage cabinetry with a fold-down secretary at its center. The office closes when the day does.

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Sit-stand: 3D rendering of a Home Office Worx designEvening
Sit-stand$31,000 – $37,500

Twelve feet of smoked oak with a sit-stand desk, two file pedestals and glass doors above, lit for the evening.

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3D renderings from the Home Office Worx designer. Prices are indicative and installed.

§ 04 How it works
  1. Design it here

    Set the size, layout and finish. See it in 3D and as a dimensioned drawing while the price updates.

    You · a few minutes
  2. Send it to the studio

    Your drawing, its reference number and your notes go to a designer, who replies within one business day.

    Studio · 1 business day
  3. Site measure

    We measure the wall, check power, plumbing and the ceiling, and confirm every dimension.

    Our field team · on site
  4. Drawings and a fixed price

    You get a shop drawing set and a fixed price in writing. Fabrication starts when you sign.

    Studio
  5. Built and installed

    Fabricated, delivered and installed, then signed off with you on site.

    Lead time on each line
§ 05 Neighborhoods across Brooklyn
  • Park Slope
  • Brooklyn Heights
  • Cobble Hill
  • Carroll Gardens
  • Boerum Hill
  • Fort Greene
  • Clinton Hill
  • Prospect Heights
  • Crown Heights
  • Bedford-Stuyvesant
  • Williamsburg
  • Greenpoint
  • DUMBO
  • Downtown Brooklyn
  • Gowanus
  • Red Hook
  • Windsor Terrace
  • Prospect Lefferts Gardens
  • Ditmas Park
  • Kensington
  • Bay Ridge
  • Dyker Heights
  • Sunset Park
  • Bushwick

And everywhere else in Brooklyn. We install across Manhattan, Brooklyn and Queens.

§ 06 Common questions
Can a desk fit beside a chimney breast?

Yes. The alcoves either side of a chimney are natural desk bays, and we measure them to the inch.

Do I need extra outlets?

Often. We plan the outlet positions at the site measure, and a licensed electrician installs them.

Is the design visit free?

Yes. Book a free design visit, or start in the online designer and send your design to the studio.

How long does it take?

About 4 weeks from signed drawings. Installation is usually one to three days.

Price your own in a few minutes.

Set the size and finish, see it in 3D and as a dimensioned drawing, and send it to the studio for a site measure.