Live/Work Homes that Make It Look Easy

Working at home takes a certain type of personality: someone who's organized enough to get things done but open-minded enough to take some risks. These traits reveal themselves time and again in the homes of people who are able to gracefully pull off this tricky balancing act...

It has its challenges, but working from home ultimately offers a lot of rewards as well, including the ability to manage your own day, take a walk, or steal a snack break when you need to. And then there's our favorite thing about working from home... not having to dress up!

For a full tour of each of the spaces shown above, click through the links below.

FIRST ROW
• 1 North Side Live/Work Space by Morlen Sinoway Atelier
• 2 Lila's Live/Work Studio
• 3 Melissa and Henry's Small Live/Work Home
• 4 Jane's Live/Work Family Home
• 5 Harris' Live/Work Space

SECOND ROW
• 6 Shauna and Stephen's Lively Loft
• 7 Mini Tour of Sam Rosen's Loft
• 8 Nicole and Brandon's Oak Park Bungalow
• 9 Jessica and Alex's Simple Modern on a Budget
• 10 Carl and Laurent's Bright White Live/Work Loft

Photos: Morlen Sinoway Atelier (1), Lila (2), Melissa and Henry (3), Regina Yunghans (4), Harris (5), Kristen Lubbe (6), Evan Thomas (7-9), Anastassios Mentis (10)

Comments (4)

*sigh* Jessica & Alex's home still wins top billing for me. SO lovely.

posted by Limeliteshines on October 15th 2009 at 10:05am
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Separate from the live/work thing, these are just gorgeous interiors. #6 is my favorite.

My husband works from home (from our dining table) and loves it. I think I would be too easily distracted.

posted by Emily the Cat on October 15th 2009 at 10:11am
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Notice how they almost all have super-high ceilings? I think that's what makes them work so well.

posted by Lisa (Montreal) on October 15th 2009 at 11:12am
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Love the bookshelf with the globes.

posted by stylefyles on October 15th 2009 at 7:50pm
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