The appeal

Cross-legged office chairs have become popular because they look nothing like office chairs. The HOMCOM model has a wide padded seat, soft grey fabric, no arms and a fixed cross base. In a bedroom or living space, it feels more like a small lounge chair than workplace equipment.

It is also affordable. The grey version was £56.04 when checked, with other colours and base styles on the same listing.

The catch is in the dimensions. HOMCOM lists the chair at 65cm wide and 64cm deep. That is wider than many conventional task chairs. It looks uncluttered, but it is not small.

Does it save space under a desk?

The lack of arms helps. With no armrests to strike the desktop, the seat can move under a simple open-frame desk as long as the width and height work.

The 65cm seat is the complication. Under an 80cm desk, that leaves very little side clearance once frame legs are included. Under a 100cm desk, the fit is easier.

The cross-shaped base also remains on the floor even when the seat is tucked in. It can project beyond the seat and catch feet in a narrow route. Measure the actual opening between the desk legs, not the width of the top.

If space is tight, read 60cm vs 80cm desk for a small bedroom before pairing a wide chair with a tiny desk.

Comfort and working posture

The seat is wide enough to sit cross-legged or curl one leg underneath. The high-density foam and linen-look fabric make it more inviting than a thin task chair.

That does not make one posture comfortable for an entire day. Sitting cross-legged can rotate the hips and load one side of the body if you stay there too long. The useful part of a wide seat is choice: feet down, one leg up for a while, then another position.

The chair adjusts from 40 to 50cm in seat height and swivels through 360 degrees. It also has a gentle rocking function. There is no adjustable lumbar support, headrest or arm support.

For occasional writing, browsing, make-up or study, that can be perfectly adequate. For full-time work, a chair with more support and easier movement is the safer purchase.

No wheels: benefit or nuisance?

The fixed base is stable and will not roll away on laminate. It also avoids caster marks and the plastic-office look that puts some people off.

The downside appears every time you sit down. A wheeled chair can roll back, let you enter, then move towards the desk. A fixed-base chair needs to be dragged or approached from the side. On carpet, that can become annoying.

HOMCOM also sells wheeled variations, so check the selected option rather than assuming every colour uses the same base.

Who it suits

The HOMCOM makes sense for:

a 100cm or wider desk with a clear opening
occasional home working or study
a vanity that doubles as a laptop desk
people who value a domestic look over office adjustability
hard floors where wheels are unwanted

It is a weak fit for:

a 60cm or narrow 80cm desk
a tight path beside a bed
long sessions that need arm and lumbar adjustment
anyone who expects “armless” to mean “small”

Our guide to whether cross-legged office chairs are good for desk work goes deeper into the posture and room-fit questions.

HOMCOM cross-legged chair verdict

This is a stylish, affordable chair with a genuinely useful wide seat. It can make a bedroom setup look less corporate and gives you more freedom to change sitting position.

It is not a space-saving miracle. The 65cm seat and 64cm depth need more floor than several proper office chairs. Buy it for the shape, softness and armless clearance, not because social media calls every cross-legged chair compact.