Sharing An Office...With A Bed

We recently wrote about Downsizing Solutions: Double-Duty Rooms. We realized that the majority of the double-duty rooms we were coming across were home offices that doubled as guest bedrooms. Although the idea isn't all that knew, we were curious about why it's the most popular solution.

We understand that not everyone has the luxury of living in a three bedroom home, so we can understand needing to nix the idea of a guest bedroom or office. We do find it interesting when the two are mixed.

We obviously work from home, so we spend a lot of time on our computer and sometimes we need an office to lock ourselves in in order to get all of our work done. So what happens when you have a guest over? If we combined our office and guest bedroom, the room would be out of commission when someone stayed with us.

We're also not really sure we'd want our computer locked in a room with a guest. We certainly wouldn't imagine that any of our "private" information would be compromised, we're more worried about those less tech-savvy individuals that could put our actual computer at risk. While we're sleeping, we don't know what they could be looking at on the computer (touchy subject, we know, but it's worth bringing up!).

So what do you think about sharing your home office with a bed?

Images: Jill Slater, Adrienne Breaux

Comments (3)

If it was my own bedroom I wouldn't mind it, but guest bedroom no. We almost had a combination dressing room (for me) and guest room but had to nix the idea completely when the bed wouldn't fit up the stairs! Oh well.. Having a whole room as a dressing room is quite nice. ;)

But on point, sharing a guest bedroom with any other function would be great most of the time, but once you have a guest stay over, it becomes a pain -- whether a dressing room or a home office. Guest rooms are a bit of wasted space, unless you always have someone over -- just get an air mattress instead!

Laura
Just a Little Bit

Sharing an office with a bed? Do I mind it? Well, let's see...not all of us living in an urban setting can buy or rent a space where we can allocate an entire room for just a computer, desk and chair. And secondly, now that I think about it, I never really questioned whether or not a work area with a computer would be an issue if it were to be in the same room as my bed. So in turn, this article is a bit unnecessary, no? BTW - my "office" is part of my living room - not my bedroom. I hope I'm not going to hell for this.

I have a small downtown loft in the Midwest. Because I have a roommate, a bedroom + office is a necessity for both of us. If space and privacy weren't at a premium, a dedicated office would be much better.

As it is, we both have laptops and work in the main room most of the time anyway.