Murphy bed in a very small home office? Any suggestions?
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Comments (13)@Jess. You're Welcome! It's difficult to get a perfect room and your needs in a small space. For me, placing the desk there, would be fine for these reasons.... This is a Dual-Purpose Room 1. Your desk has a light weight feeling to it, it's not bulky, although one with more storage might be better functionally. (which is still ok) Not a lot of choices for you 2. Because you enter the room moving to the left, that pathway is all clear. 3. You won't run into a desk at current space, when entering the room 4. Better use of the space between the closet and doorway, given it's construction 5. Visually, a better, more inviting floor plan overall 6. Furniture placements are more aesthetically pleasing (better balance) 7. Better use of space you have 8. Sofa & coffee table area are inviting and functional. It won't feel like there is nowhere else to place the sofa in your home 9. You will 'feel' good about the room and like going in there 10. The room might even feel larger...See MoreHow to declutter small bedroom that also needs to be a home office?
Comments (12)The hamper can be moved. So, I don’t want to fixate in that one aspect. I think the main issue is the workspace. I want to replace those 2 separate pieces with something that serves the same purpose with a smaller footprint and replace that folding chair with a proper ergonomic office chair. The slider opens from the right. The control is on the left just so it’s more convenient to open and close while sitting on the bed. The actual slider glass isn’t opened as closed nearly as often as the sliding panels. The Windows desktop is required because there is a need to run multiple Windows virtual machines for training purposes. I can replace that tower with a Windows PC similar in size into a Mac Mini and mount it behind the TV if needed, but I still need a keyboard/mouse tray that’s at a lower height than the main desk surface. No need to access the PC remotely and have to walk to another area to turn it on and off if it can just be hidden behind a flat screen TV in arm’s reach of where you would be sitting....See More- 5 years ago
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There are murphys that open sideways that might be a good choice but honestly if you have a larger space for her it would be much better .IMO if you can afford an au pair you can give her a nice space not a closet to call her own.
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