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I'm curious to see how many people work in their own bedrooms, or have a dedicated or shared room that they use, and how they feel about those arrangements.

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[–] reddig33 20 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Dedicated office room. Makes it easier to leave work behind when day is done.

[–] Gr0mit 2 points 1 year ago

Same here. Wife also WFH and she has her own office too. We could turn it into a guest room temporarily if we needed though.

[–] [email protected] 10 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I work out of the spare bedroom that I’ve set up as an office space, really helps to be able to close the door on it at the end of the day.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 year ago

Same. When I first set up the home office, I had envisioned it as my "new computer room". I moved a bunch of my hobby stuff in there, too.

In practice, I basically don't enter it unless it's working hours. And it's perfect.

[–] Leeps 8 points 1 year ago

I have kids so we bought a dedicated outdoor space. It was about 3k gbp, and I filled it with plants to make it a nice place to procrastinate

[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 year ago

I have a small room (originally a children’s room) where I have my computer. I only have one computer, and use it also for private stuff, though.

[–] golden_calf 5 points 1 year ago

I work in a corner of my bedroom. I rent so more rooms is pretty expensive and the bedroom is quite large. It works well since it's sort of a cubby off the main room.

I would prefer a separate space which I had in a previous house but it's not too bad. With a partner in the same room it sometimes isn't ideal since I need to take work calls while she's sleeping or getting ready.

[–] evil_ostrich 4 points 1 year ago

I have a designated corner in my (finished) basement. I've been considering moving my desk into my workout room (also basement), just so I can have an office door, but I'm not sure everything will fit. And moving furniture sucks.

[–] metasin 4 points 1 year ago

After more than 20years of working from home in basements because I needed the bedrooms for my kids. My wife and I both now have first floor offices in the new home we built. It’s been a year and it’s amazing how different I feel when working with real sunlight and being able to look out true windows while on conference calls.

[–] korny 2 points 1 year ago

My work laptop shares the same desk as my PC. I have a USB switch for my keyboard, as well as an HDMI switch for a secondary monitor that is shared between my PC and work laptop, and a dedicated mouse for both.

I've been work from home for about 7 years or so now, and I've slowly gotten it to this set up. Works really well for me, and I have no problem sharing a workspace with my free time space. Recently picked up a couple 32:9 monitors, which makes the workflow a lot better.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

I work in a spare bedroom that has a desk with my workspace and my personal desktop. Also included: my daughters laptop desk, our 25 year old bird, our rarely used dog crate, and all my indoor hobby stuff, so 3D printer, the Cricut my wife never had to learn how to use because she knew I'd be all about a plotter with knives, my fountain pen collection, and my soldering station.

[–] rhacer 2 points 1 year ago

My wife's a Soldier so we move a bit. I always have dedicated space but haven't always had a dedicated room. My office has been a corner of a family room, and a section of a dining room.

I currently have a very nice room dedicated just to work.

[–] spacedancer 2 points 1 year ago

We purposely moved into a 1-bedroom unit with an office/den. Rent is cheaper than a 2-bedroom but the office can easily be converted into an extra room for guests. The office has no windows though and has a glass sliding door. I can live without a window since I can just take breaks in the living room to get some natural light. I also like that the office is right next to the apartment door so I can immediately hear if anyone knocks or if a package is delivered.

[–] RedBike23 2 points 1 year ago

A corner of my master bedroom. It’s not so bad, in terms of how much space it takes, but it does make it so I have to shut everything off at night and then boot it all back up in the morning.

I bought this house in 2019 with no intention of working from home (I always wanted to WFH, but it never panned out with previous employers), only to finally snag a remote position in 2021. It’s good enough.

[–] Incoherential 2 points 1 year ago

A dedicated office room. Lets me shut off and get out when I’m not working. And two, I don’t have to worry about a bed in the background when I’m on camera. P.S. I don’t use a bg filter

[–] Squish 2 points 1 year ago

My husband and I both WFH in our respective roles at different Seattle-area companies. We are both also PC gamers, so we already had desks set up in our living room for co-op play. When Covid happened, we brought home hardware from our employers. We picked up some really nice noise canceling headphones and KVM switches, and the rest is history.

Works great for us, in large part because my work doesn't involve a ton of meetings. On the rare occasions when we have meetings at the same time, we just communicate to work it out. If one needs their desk for screen sharing or whatever during their meeting, the other takes their meeting as a call on their phone/laptop. In the extremely rare case that we both have "desk meetings" at the same time, I will either try to make my terribly old crusty laptop do the job with fans screaming, or just reschedule mine. I give his desk time priority because his work deals with art and is very visual.

Since Covid "ended," both of our employers have chosen to support a hybrid model and we have chosen to continue working from home. An arrangement like ours isn't for everyone, but for us, sharing a workspace with our best friends (each other) goes a long way towards mental health. We're much, much happier and more comfortable than we were pre-Covid. (Probably I should mention we have three cats, no kids, and air conditioning.)

[–] nydas 2 points 1 year ago

We bought a three bedroom house during covid. The first thing we did was save for a home office that we built in the back garden. We paid for some of the heavy lifting, but saved by doing parts of it ourselves. I now work from there 5 days a week. I go into the office once or twice a quarter.

[–] SWIM 2 points 1 year ago

Work In an separate room converted into an office

[–] DontTreadOnBigfoot 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Office building 4 days a week - home office the 5th

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

How do you like that hybrid style? Did you choose your days in and out or was that a requirement of your employer?

[–] DontTreadOnBigfoot 3 points 1 year ago

It's not bad -I'd prefer a more even split.

But I get to choose my day.