Sit On the Floor, Improve Your Health | Floor Chair & Desk Setup (Guide)

Furniture-free living, low tables, floor sitting? Watch to find out how they can help make your home workspace healthier.

We spend 1/3 of our life working, and for most of us, our workspace means a desk and a chair. (Even if you're a slacker, you'd still have to be at the desk, pretending to work.)

So on top of designing a minimalist workspace that's aesthetic and productive, why not make sure that it's helping us to take care of our body at the same time? That's the goal of "furniture-free living". Watch the video to learn more about how it can help you create your own healthy workspace!

00:00 Intro
00:31 What floor furniture do we use?
01:24 Why go furniture-free?
03:45 Setting reminders to move.
04:15 Explore new ways to work.
05:53 Quick message from our sponsor.
06:47 Taking responsibility.
07:35 Conclusion

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[tarepandaval]

When my school went fully online, I bought a $300 chair so that "I can sit for a longer period of time". But after watching your videos and doing my own research, I decided to go completely furniture free. Removed my desk and refunded my chair and it has been amazing. I am naturally an active person and going furniture free was really liberating because I could stretch while I work. I don't think I can ever go back to the old lifestyle of a desk anymore. I am a creative as well and now the whole floor is my table its freaking amazing. My old desk was 2 meters long and even then it was still small for me to work on my projects and in the end they all get done on the floor. It was so frustrating trying to read details off the imac on top of the desk etc I guess I just needed that push to make the transition! Thanks a lot thoughtworthy co!

[agufana]

Your videos are so easy to watch...but when I look closer, the planning, production and execution are amazing, not to mention all the thought and research behind them. Thankyou!

[MileyCyrusteamoo]

I really feel more comfortable on the floor then on chairs

[liamfrederic]

I shortened both my dining table and my work desk to about 35cms and it’s perfect :) they are the exact same size and width now so I can push then together for dinner parties (post lockdown 🤞) also, a skeptical friend came over for dinner the other day. At first she complained that she constantly had to shift but when I explained why that is a good thing, she was completely on board :)

[Drkalaamarab]

In India, while I was studying we used to sit on floor untill 6th standard 🙂 I loved it. I am glad to be born in India 🇮🇳🕉️ and Indian culture tell all these things since ancient days.

I appreciate your videos and concepts bringing to the world. 👏👏👍👍.

In India temples and functions we still sit on floor and have food 🇮🇳🕉️🙂 and eat on banana leaf.

[chibichan]

I finally realised that this is the work setup that is best for me... bc I honestly hate when I have my legs hanging from the chair... its always feels so cold and I loose focus... but this work setup looks way more comfortable and is certainly going to keep me concentrated for longer periods.

[onebraincellleft]

I live mostly furniture-free; it gives my rabbits more room to run around and be hyper :D

[elizabethsorola]

4/7/2022

Hi I'm Elizabeth 46 years
of age and since I was little
I been sitting on the floor
to exercise, eat, write, play
with my grandchildren and many
More posture ideas.
Every one have a blessed day.

From:
Texas

[leahsfieldnotes]

Ohhhh I want to have a furniture free work setup so bad now 😍 loved this

[prasertsriciucevich]

I live in Florida, I'm from Thailand and has been thinking of converting my living room into a Japanese ( Asian style) sitting on the floor for years. I couldn't find floor chairs but now watching your video and finding were to order chairs I'll get started. Thank you!!!!

[isanctz]

I've never commented on your video before, but I wanted to say I thank you for sharing this furniture-free workspace! I was kind of cornered when my chair break (it was pretty comfy and cheap $30) and I thought I should buy new chair. When I watched your video for first time 11 months ago, I decided to clean up unused small space area to work on floor! I feel comfortable working, and also the same time I move a lot! Thank you again 💕💕

[TaroIwamoto]

Thanks for making this video. As you guys know, I am a huge proponent of floor sitting for many health benefits.

[alyssaguihama]

Wow. Love how eloquent you speak & how it flows with this aesthetic video 👏🏽 Thanks for the new perspective!

[portall]

For anyone who stumbles upon this, this is my setup:
Bought some legs for the desk today (legs have 30cm, desk is 3cm thick), I found after a week of testing that 33 cm height overall really is ideal to rest the arms (my height is 182cm).
I sit on a computer chair with dismantled legs (the only flat seat with a backrest I had at home). It's not very thick (~4cm), so even if I add an additional cushion, the height is still good, although less space for legs. But my arms can rest even more comfortably. Mind you, I'm quite flexible and sit cross-legged most of the time. It's good to be flexible. If you're not, then sitting on the floor may get you to start stretching and working out - definitely a benefit.
I placed my latop on a few books so I can look at the screen straight, without lowering my head which would invite slouching.
From my other comment, I found it would be good to have a yoga block instead of an additional cushion, to elevate the spine properly and straighten my back.
Hope this helps. Good luck!

[CarlYota]

The best part of “floor” or “ground” living is that it’s what are natural biology evolved for.

Sitting and lying on firm (but cushioned) surfaces is unforgiving of bad positioning. You don’t get to lie there with your neck too flexed for 45 minutes, you’re gonna know in 45 seconds that’s it not comfortable. So it forces you to find the right position for sleeping.

When sitting on a cushion on the floor again you’ll be figuring and adjusting every few minutes. This is what you’re supposed to do. Sitting motionless for hours is only enabled by hyper comfortable unnatural devices called modern furniture.

In the mobility community there’s a saying “the best position is the next position.” We’re supposed to move, not be still for hours on end. Floor living forces this principle because one position is simply not artificially made comfortable enough to stay on that long.

But you’re right it’s not about furniture free. That’s why I call it floor living. I am, ironically, a furniture maker. But most furniture is still applicable to floor living. You just cut the legs shorter and forget about modern chairs. Chairs are the hardest thing to make anyway so good riddance.

Luckily I have an eastern design aesthetic so making chabudais instead of dining tables appeals to my design style anyway. And they require less wood and less stress is on the legs because they are so short that you can get away with daintier designs that don’t have to support high leverage like 3 foot long legs have to deal with.

And one cool thing is that, as a tabletop gamer you don’t have to have a massive dining/gaming table for large gaming sessions / board games. You can just use the floor. I’m f course you could make an absolutely massive Japanese dining table if you wanted.

[ilalai]

i love the flexibility in not being bound by furniture

[TheMadisonHang]

its super nice you found a partner who shares the same values and taste in aesthetics

[rosemarywilliams]

Thank you for explaining this. I'm practicing this now and was still having back problems but my boyfriend built me a floor table and it's amazing now. 🤗

[grawakendream]

your other vid on furniture free living transformed how i occupy the space at home now. i even got rid of the floor chairs, as i found myself moving less using them. i have i'll put the laptop on different things while sitting on the floor, or lay on the floor with the laptop on the floor. always changing. thank you!