Practical home office design for real homes. Thoughtful layouts, lighting, storage and original room concepts for spaces that work.
The part of your office you see all day is in front of you. The part your colleagues see is behind you. Those are usually different walls, which is why so many carefully arranged offices produce calls framed by a laundry rack, an open door or a wardrobe …
The window is often the reason a home office corner feels inviting. It gives the room a view, changes its mood through the day and makes a …
Large monitors have become ordinary. For spreadsheets, editing, design work or simply keeping two documents side by side, a 32 inch screen …
Most home office advice assumes the screen is the centre of the work. For a writer, a researcher, an editor or anyone whose day is mostly …
When a home office stops working, the instinct is to shop. A new desk, matching storage, perhaps a fresh colour scheme to go with it. …
Most desks are arranged by default for a right-handed person, often without anyone noticing that a choice was made. The lamp sits on the …
An attic room looks bigger on the floor plan than it feels in person. The floor area is real, but much of it sits under a ceiling too low to …
Plenty of people do two kinds of work at home. There is the work that happens on a screen, and there is the work that happens with hands: …
Most living rooms can find space for a desk. The harder thing is keeping the room recognisable once the desk arrives. A monitor facing the …
A narrow room looks easy on a floor plan. Two metres of width seems plenty for a desk and a chair, and the length gives you somewhere to put …
