How fun to design an office! I like the idea of facing the desks to each other. I'm thinking it might be better to put them under the window; no one has their back to the door and there might be less glare on your computer screens if they're perpendicular to the window. Distance between desk edge and the wall is really personal preference, but I think around dining tables it's a 32" minimum if no one needs to pass behind. I'm not sure if your existing desk tops can be paired with the Skarsta bases, but we really like our Skarsta. The base is adjustable with a hand crank so you can easily move your desktop up and down so you can sit/stand. It's nice to change position if you're working at your computer for long periods. With your desks below the window I thought you could put the file cabinet at the end of the desks and the guest chair in front of the interior window. We use Elfa from the Container Store in our home office and are very pleased. They can handle a lot of weight and you can design the shelves to work around your fridge. You can also hang varying depths of shelves (e.g. you could have shallow shelves above the fridge, but deeper shelves at counter height and below for a standing work surface and larger item storage if you need it.)

Daneejela and Lawrence that's what I tried to say but didn't do a good job of it I guess. Fill the back wall with shelving different depths to make it look the same depth. I don't see how the love seat can stay in the room and still be functional as an office. more pictures showing all 4corners of the room would help a lot. It just a guess not knowing where the door to the room is and the furnace that is mentioned is. I hate looking at a wall myself and never suggest it. Facing the door is the power position. Being able to see outside is a plus. Facing a wall is boring and tiring.

@Jess. You're Welcome! It's difficult to get a perfect room and your needs in a small space. For me, placing the desk there, would be fine for these reasons.... This is a Dual-Purpose Room 1. Your desk has a light weight feeling to it, it's not bulky, although one with more storage might be better functionally. (which is still ok) Not a lot of choices for you 2. Because you enter the room moving to the left, that pathway is all clear. 3. You won't run into a desk at current space, when entering the room 4. Better use of the space between the closet and doorway, given it's construction 5. Visually, a better, more inviting floor plan overall 6. Furniture placements are more aesthetically pleasing (better balance) 7. Better use of space you have 8. Sofa & coffee table area are inviting and functional. It won't feel like there is nowhere else to place the sofa in your home 9. You will 'feel' good about the room and like going in there 10. The room might even feel larger

You really need to find a home for all the books unless you use them all , all the time. Right now that room is no where I would like to sleep. IMO cover the fireplace with the murphy bed in fact you can even get one that incorporates an office . IMO this could be an office and a guest room and forget the den idea, Ilove books but IMO most info can now be found online and in a small space actual bookcases take up too much room this murphy allows some book storage a desk for you to work on and nice place for guests to sleep . Honestly in this small space I think that is all I would do. Or a sleeper and a desk maybe use a closet for other storage guests really require very small closet space