I am looking for a modern pedestal desk for my large kitchen-dining room. I need it for writing and storing papers but don’t want a pull-out computer keyboard facility. Can you help?
GA, Harrow-on-the-Hill, Middlesex.

The Conran Shop has several. You might like the Morgan (pictured) in solid and veneered walnut with drawer interiors in ash, which costs £2,295. Heal’s, has a tradition of offering furniture of classic simplicity, such as its six-drawer Library writing desk in solid and veneered oak or cherry, at £1,795. Mufti’s simple Shikari pedestal desk in reclaimed Burmese teak costs £1,500, www.mufti.co.uk. Finally, Just Desks, 020 7723 7976, stocks restored period desks but quite often it will make contemporary versions that incorporate any features clients require.