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House Plans Helper Home Office Design Observations
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A desk in a bay window. Here the desk isn't built in but free standing with the chair facing into the room rather than towards the window.
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A bay window is a great place for a desk.
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A great example of a corner desk for a small home office. Click through to the House Plans Helper website to see home office floor plans.
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This small home office fits beautifully under the stairs. If there's children in your household this office space open to the living room may not be suitable.
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Yay - I found a picture of a 'bar desk'. You can stand at it, sit at it and it provides more storage. I also like the way the white desk furniture also looks built in.
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Does your home office need a meeting table?
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Great example of a home office under the stairs hidden with bifold doors. I wonder what's going on further inside. My only concern is that it would be tight getting into that storage - it doesn't look as if there would be enough room to stand behind the drawers as they are pulled out.
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Under the stairs can be a great place for a home office nook. When it's in use the natural light comes from behind. It's not clear whether or not this one has a door - maybe the wooden panel on the right of the photo pulls across.
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Often an office nook provides just enough space for your office.
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Great example of a 'sit side by side' arrangement.
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Is a place to lie back and read important to you in your home office?
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Great example of a 'sit perpendicular' home office arrangement.
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Home office design is like kitchen design in many ways. Will we call this office a peninsula office? Or a T-shaped office?
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A double office facing away from each other. Other ideas might be to sit facing each other, or an arrangement with one behind the other.
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Great use of space to the above right of the desk. This area wouldn't have been very useful for storage facing outwards but about turn by 90 degrees and you've got a great accessible bookcase where you can quickly locate and reach for a book.
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Is that a sneaky power cord I see coming in from the wall under the rug - don't forgot to specify floor outlets in your plans if you think you'll need them.
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A family library. This room could do double duty as a dining room as well. I might be tempted to close some of that open shelving though.
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Would a family office rather than individual offices and bedroom study work better for you?
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Check out this office island. The bar height allows you stand at it (all the rage nowadays it seems), sit at it and there's more room for storage underneath.
I hope the barstools in this picture lower a little - they're real thigh crunchers at the height they're at at the moment.
A desk in a bay window. Here the desk isn't built in but free standing with the chair facing into the room rather than towards the window.
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