Looks good Lars!!

I haven't been able to find 1/4 or 3/8 elastic. Have you? If not, what are you using?

Same as the old, unfortunately. No work-from-home for me. We now have dayshifters coming down to use our computers so they can social distance from each other when we aren't here. So, we are cleaning our spaces more often. We all think we're too close together ourselves.

lars, you're a talented person.

Workspace? Nah, not for me. I'm retired.

I already had a large collection of elastic. I make a lot of things with knits and lycra, including bathing suits.

I have 3/8” elastic that I would love to send to someone. A friend has a friend who is making masks. She said she could use the elastic cord I had but not the 3/8”. If you will DM me, I’ll be happy to mail you the elastic.

There is wide elastic available. Can you not cut it lengthwise and use it?

A Facebook picture of making the rounds says that the inside of a bungee cord is filled with many elastics.

Lars, the other end of my workspace also holds a sewing machine many hours of the day, although nothing as fancy as yours. As my DDs organize their stuff out of boredom, they keep bringing me sewing/mending projects. I knew you were talented, but in my mind sewing bathing suits takes you to a whole nuther level. I remember experimenting when I was younger with disastrous results.

this is my space with my new supervisor. What you can’t see is the gigantic Rubbermaid container they make me stash my stuff in each evening so there’s room to eat.

hmmm. Do you think I have enough devices?

If anyone is making masks, my DD says most nurses prefer ties to elastic. The ties are more comfortable and can adjust to fit better.

@Chessie, I believe elastic would unravel if it were cut in half lengthwise.

You can make ties with bias seam binding or you can make your own bias seam binding.

I would be wasting an entire natural resource trying to sew these!!! I am so proud of you all who DO!!!

Lar's.... that's a lovely work place.

daisychain01....nice!

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I had a renter who hoards move out. She had 2 Great Pyrenes that chewed ALL the lattice work off under the deck. The carpet downstairs smells and she's harassing my property manager to give their deposit back. They(she moved her boyfriend in) removed ALL the closet doors, marked each in permanent marker, A, B, C, D. Then kicked the bedroom doors in, destroying the wood, chiseled new latches for the doors, then took the locks with them. Apparently they didn't get along. During the 6 month walk through, the boyfriend was sleeping downstairs on a mattress.

So I'll be hand sanding & staining these to restore them.

Missing cedar lattice on the double decks. It keeps skunks & raccoons from living under there. I got a quote of $1200 to replace all of it. Doing it myself. Will resod in the Summer. You can't buy sod this time of year in Colorado. The new tenant has NO dogs.

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The interior's are perfect, clean, So eating lunch will be nice.:0)

A snow storm is coming in tomorrow.....but THIS is what MY new office looks like. :0)

Holy carp, nicole! That's insane. Property management is not an easy job, that's for sure. It's snowing here, too. Bit of a shock after some sunny and unseasonably warm weather.

I would just like to add that my brother Kevin is using one of the bedrooms in this house for his office, as he needs to be able to close the door for his conference calls/meetings. We're both glad that he has not been laid off, but his business seems to be doing well enough. At this point, we're not sure how long we are going to end up being here, and it might be past the end of May, which is how long I have currently scheduled our mail to be forwarded. The neighbor next door is watching our house in Los Angeles and watering plants in the back yard. She should get some nice surprises when my orchid cactus start blooming - I have a lot of them.

Nicole, sorry to hear about your old tenant. It's amazing that she would try to get any security deposit back, but some people have unmitigated nerve. I hope you have better luck with your new tenant, and I hope the security deposit is high enough to cover your costs in the future.

I'll post a photo of my sewing chair after I recover the seat, but don't expect too much. I just want to make it comfortable, and I'm not going to cover the sides at this time, as that is not urgent, and no one sees this chair normally except for me. At some point I will want it to look better, however.

Great way to get in my steps, especially on a rainy day.

gsciencechick - Can you walk and type at the same time?

nicole - I am so sorry that you had tenants such as that in your life.

Yes, I can. I was able to try it out at a conference a few years back. Once you get your rhythm down, it's pretty easy. I set the speed at about 1.5-1.6 mph. I also have the separate keyboard and mouse, and then the laptop stand keeps it ergonomic.

My office space is really in one of the public spaces of our home but that's because I'm home alone most of the time when Hubby is working. I prefer the back of the house with the windows so that I can see the back of the property, birds, animals and the pool. Ours is an old mahogany desk that my dad bought my mom shortly before he died in 1974. It has not wholes for wires and the drawers are very heavy but I enjoy it. I normally use my laptop but for corporate security reasons I must use one of their desktops that is approved. I could have my laptop approved but I choose not to at this point as I'm not sure how long I will be doing this.

Right now my desk space is the floor. Stupid me ( but how could I know) moved my old desk to the garage while I shopped for a new one. Of course I hemmed and hawed and didn’t make a choice. Heaven knows when we’ll be able,to have furniture delivered again.

you all have nice spaces.

Mine gets toted from the bed to the kitchen to the workout room. I have yet to set up in the library or home office where it would actually make good sense. Oh well, there's always tomorrow.

Here it is equipped with a squirt bottle, since some little furry "someone" tends to occasionally believe that the mouse is a toy.

I set up my ironing board and iron also, plus I have a spray bottle that I use for spritzing fabric as I am ironing it, if it is cotton or linen, but right now I am working with silk damask, and so no spritzing.

I prefer to have windows in front of me when working on a computer (or sewing machine for that matter) because of the glare. I have my laptop in my bedroom, and I have to angle it so that light does not hit it from the dresser mirror that reflects from the patio door. I'm not doing any real work on my laptop at the moment, but I could if the occasion arose.

I'm jealous, lake! I'm really missing my dual monitors. Plus, well, that VIEW!

Ida, I swear, or, perhaps, declare, I could not do my job effectively without my dual monitors, I started WFH on 3/17 and 3 days on a laptop and was ready to pitch it in the drink. That Saturday we opened up for IT assistance and I was there, with bells on, and signed out my stuff. It’s made all the difference and if you are able, I highly recommend it. We in NY are in this for the long haul, I don’t want to be Debbie Downer, but i doubt we will be back in the office before July, so my sanity required preservation.

Lars, I like a window in front of me when working too. I have my desk positioned so that I'm looking to the front and circular drive. I know who is coming in, and I know if the deer are in my front garden. I did end up adding a TV and mans chair to this room for DH - and now I 'hear' a lot more television than I'd planned to, it's behind me.

I'll have to get a picture of 'my space' later. This week I'm purging. Mountains of papers, maps, old contracts. We're retired after working from home the last many years and when I've finished in another day or two, it will be the same only cleaner and neater. I've emptied one entire file cabinet that is going to Goodwill. My walk in linen closet is filled with bags of things to burn - can be accomplished at the family farm but we've been staying away from most and the nephew who is living there with his young family has still been working, out and around people more than we've been allowing ourselves.

:0) Lars....the deposit was $2300. They should get back about $400. They're upset about not getting ALL of it back. The nicer the rental, the more uppity the renter, I've found.

Lakeffect's name checks out! Love it! I would gladly change my TM desk for that view. Oh yeah, I hear you. At school, they have made all courses online through July. So, no, I will not be going back anytime soon.

I am making do with just one of my monitors from work, plus my laptop screen. It's harder to work without all that screen real estate, but It was too much hassle to bring home both monitors.

I have been working from home for nearly three weeks now, and I don't expect to go back to the office before late summer.

I move from sofa to table and then back again, all in one room. I am a Field Consultant. However, now I am a "phone/email" consultant. LOL. I make do in my apartment. I actually have a room I could use but it is not set up correctly. One of my tasks I keep putting off.

I'm literally working from the formal dining room, which is underutilized. I have a spare monitor set up and the laptop propped up high. I thought of getting a second monitor but the ones at work are on a fixed stand and are not convenient to get. I bought a new office chair back in my first few days of WFH over three weeks ago. I took down the mirror behind me so that I'd have a better surface for my ZOOM backgrounds during teleconferences. I get a view out the front, and can see people walking by I've NEVER seen in 24 years of living in this house.

Here is my small sewing chair, after I reupholstered it:

I used silk damask fabric from a leftover upholstery order at work. There was just enough of this fabric to cover the seat of this chair with the additional foam, but not enough to make a pillow. I'm glad I salvaged this fabric.

I did not make the best effort on this project, but it is just a utilitarian sewing chair and normally no one sees except for me. The chair seat was very hard before I added additional foam to it. I brought this chair from L.A. with my sewing machines because I had to have a chair at the correct height for me to do my sewing here. Also, the seat lifts up and has storage under it, which I do use. I found the chair when I lived in Venice, and someone had discarded it behind my house there. The chair had its original label, stating that it was made in 1923, and so I guess it is an antique, although not a valuable one. I think the fabric is appropriate for the era.

I do not have enough of this fabric left to upholster the apron of the chair, and so that will stay as it is. I mainly needed cushioning.

Nice job on the upholstery, Lars, and I love the fabric!

When we put our office together, I wanted happy and bright so that’s what I got. My husband loves the desk, because I made it. Not very sophisticated but we like it

NICE job Lars! Love the fabric. :0)

LI, what is your flooring? Is it carpet? If so, you might want to get a pad for the chair, as it is difficult to roll a chair over carpet. I got a plastic one at first for the office chair in my carpeted bedroom, but it wore out quickly, and then I replaced it with a faux wood plank one, and that has worked out very well. My brother has a plastic pad at his desk to protect the travertine floor.