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need help with my small home office/den

8 years ago

The room is 10 ft long and 9 ft wide with a built-in closet at one end and double glass french doors at the other end which open into the room. There is a small window near the french doors but on the long wall. We need a long workspace for two people and space for a recliner reading chair and access to the closet which is at the opposite end from the french doors.

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btydrvn

8 years ago

Keep an open mind...here are two ideas....(1)remove the doors..even closed they do not provide privacy...(2) empty the closet (eek) install open shelves and a counter the full width of the closet...creating easy access for all the stuff that is cluttering the room...with this done you have an empty work space to breathe in...next have a good carpenter install deep counters, full length off the wall on the artists side and on office side from doorway to end of big desk..if necessary narrow counter at door end to fit...under these counters install two filing cabinets on each side of the seating spaces...invest in some super comfy roll around seating or leave a space on either side for recliner..any leftover space under counter/ desks if needed add some big baskets for attractive storage or closed cabinet storage...however keeping open spaces under counters will lend an airier open feel...this may provide all you need leaving all the wall space for art or bookcases as needed...

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btydrvn
8 years ago
More info and pictures would help..for instance what is the work you will do in the space?..will two people use space? Where are doors to storage access?
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btydrvn
8 years ago
Perhaps a double desk/ work top...with seating facing each other against one wall will allow space for chair and closet access
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zam66
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8 years ago
zam66
Original Author
8 years ago
sorry for lack of info I'm new to this and downloading photos etc. The shared worktop needs space for our desktop monitor/keyboard and space for my husband to paint. The internet cable is on the wall where that huge desk is. The desk is going for sure and I'd like storage shelves on wall above desk perhaps?
hayleydaniels
8 years ago
That's an awfully small room to get that much furniture in comfortably.

My office is around that size, and I have an old kneeling chair from the 80s I put under my desk to put my feet up on. You might try to figure out a way for the office chair to do double duty instead of putting a recliner in there as I just don't think you're going to be able to get around if your husband is reclined in it. And an overcrowded room is going to make the room feel claustrophobic.
zam66
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Thanks, we have tried the closet idea already but missed space for coats so put it back together. I hadn't thought of removing the french doors which might well make the room appear more spacious. I'm going back to the drawing board to figure out some built-ins.
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