Look! Home Office in An Open Space

One of the biggest pros about living in a loft is the sheer amount of space. But incorporating a home office in a room that pulls triple duty (living room, dining room, play room) can be a bit of a challenge, especially when it comes to the separation of "work space" and "home space."

If you are puzzling out a home office corner in your open-plan living space, provide a lot of storage and shelving as it will give your work-related books, magazines, and other necessities a designated space and help keep your work contained in that corner of the room.

[ Photo from Living Etc. ]

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Anyone know those chairs?

posted by kvh on October 21st 2008 at 1:18pm
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Is it just me, or are those bookshelves crooked? Maybe it's an optical illusion from the camera angle, but my, it looks frightening with all those heavy books....

posted by spaceagemouse on October 21st 2008 at 1:19pm
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spaceagemouse, either the shelves are crooked or the ceiling isn't level. I don't know which is worse.

posted by MiklakMiklak on October 21st 2008 at 1:26pm
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I don't know that it's all that hard. I live in a 3000 sq ft raw loft in downtown LA, and as I don't have interior walls, I don't have lots of space to hang selves. Thus, the joy of the Expedit--bookcase, room divider, and trusted friend.

Desk, chair, printer table, Expedit. Lather, rinse, you know the rest.

posted by Palmetto on October 21st 2008 at 1:27pm
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I was just thinking the same thing about the crooked shelves. That would drive me nuts.

posted by burpchick on October 21st 2008 at 1:41pm
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Yep - They're crooked...
...perhaps they didn't want to use bookends.
:-\

posted by bepsf on October 21st 2008 at 1:52pm
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Optical illusion. Think Greek columns.

posted by quiltmaster on October 21st 2008 at 2:31pm
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it's lens distortion, but the walls and ceiling may very well not be square.

posted by charlenemcbride on October 21st 2008 at 2:34pm
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i am wondering where they got the shelves. most aren't made to hold that much weight.

posted by Joan in SB on October 21st 2008 at 2:44pm
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