We have a very small house, and I have one of the small bedrooms as an office. It also includes my treadmill desk which takes up a lot of space in there. The wifi box is there, so the internet signal is actually best in there. Unfortunately, my DH is having to go to work. I WISH he were working from home.

We spent yesterday figuring this out for ourselves. Like you, we have about 2000 sq ft. Early on, DH cleared a space in the basement (desk there was occupied by my sewing machine) and set up computers, etc. as he has been spending most of his working days teleconferencing.

My youngest DD and I were on holidays this past week. I'm now set up on the dining room table, but I have a large rubbermaid container next to the table to stash my stuff in at the end of the working day so it doesn't become a permanent fixture. DD has the 3rd floor to herself and has always had a small office space there.

Oldest DD just returned this week with 3 long papers to write and has set up a work space in a small enclosed sunroom that is off her bedroom. It's not heated, but with the door open and the sun shining in, it should be okay.

We are counting ourselves very lucky that we have enough space for all of us to work out of each other's way. My only issue is if I can't go back to my classroom after spring break, I'll need somewhere to video online lessons or set up designated times where no one can use the kitchen while I film.

Gscience, I am sorry your dh still working is causing you more stress in the already stressful time. (((Hugs)))

Daisy, I think you better start working on that kitchen plan for filming.

DD starts online classes tomorrow. She doesn’t want to work in her bedroom because “it’s too distracting” and she doesn’t have a desk there. So we found a folding table and set it up in the guest room and that will be her office! I have my own room that’s my office and craft room (and yoga space now that I moved my yoga mat out of the guest room). DH has a man cave slash office in the basement, but ALSO takes up half the dining room table with whatever he’s working on. Don’t get me started.

We have an office space with built in desk but it is filled with my sewing and other stuff, so my husband who is working from home sets up a card table in the basement family room. I have offered him the desk but he prefers the basement. I hang out upstairs during the day so he can do his work which includes a lot of conference calls.

Dh repurposed a farm table we had in storage and placed it at one end of the playroom upstairs. It’s right next to the closet that has all the WiFi/internet equipment so that’s good. The playroom also shares a bath with Ds’s room, so pro/con situation for dh...handy bathroom right there, but now messy ds (20) is home from college so...bath isn’t as pristine as it could be, lol. Another con to playroom, it’s where the Pelaton is so if anyone wants to use it during dh’s workday they need to plan around his lunch, etc.

He has a lot of conference calls and teleconferences so its good he is squirreled away up there. Can‘t hear barking dogs up there, and the kids and I don’t have to be quiet when downstairs.

Ds and dd (hs junior) just work in their rooms. Dd pretty much in bed, lol. I told her I told her I didn’t think it showed her teacher she was a serious student working from bed...she did a screenshot of her 1st period class and every child LITERALLY looked like their alarm had just gone off and they opened their lap top right there in bed! 😂

We seem to have one person working on each floor. I am furloughed since the 13th but I am carrying on house management, boy is online shopping tedious, on the main floor. My 13 year old is in her room and DH is in the finished basement den.

I sit at the kitchen table. DD is home from college and needs a lot of WiFi so I do most of my work after hours. I’m a school employee too but my wfh is just the yearbook. It’s a fun way to stay connected and we’ve asked staff and parents to share photos and stories of this time.

Smallish house here, about 2100 square feet. Our main floor has separate rooms but none have doors. We don’t have a dedicated office. Dh has been working at our formal dining room table. Half of the table is his office, the other half has our puzzle board. Dh seems to be taking frequent breaks to work on the puzzle so not sure how productive it is to have it in the same space. 😬

My youngest has a desk in her room so she has the best set up.

My two boys share a room. Younger son has a few live Zoom classes to attend each week so he does those at the kitchen table. I take the dogs upstairs and hole up in my room when he has those classes. Otherwise, he does his work at the kitchen table or upstairs in his bed.

My older son has been on an extended two week spring break. He starts class tomorrow. He asked if he could use my oldest daughter’s bedroom - she has a desk, so I guess that’s his plan for when he needs a quiet space. My daughter stayed at school, in her off campus apartment. Her online classes started last week.

Yeah here is where I am glad we did not yet downsize to my dream hip urban pied a terre (ok in truth the "hip" modifier is a reach, I am so not hip). We are lucky to have a great deal of space, indoors and out. I can see the bolsheviks carving it all into several flats.

Essentially we now have 5 "adults" living at home and working from home. DD2 was still on break so her classes start 2moro. DD1 same thing, but she has been doing an online training program the last 7 days while on break. DS has been doing online classes for about 10 days. My PT job had been full time the past 2 weeks.

I do agree it is distracting to work in one's bedroom, even tho they all have desks. Also, my kids have been spending so much time in their rooms, they need a mental health break, I think. We are lucky in that so many of our living areas can be closed off with doors. DH and I share an office. One DD takes the formal DR w seating area (closed off w french doors), the other takes the octagonal LR (closed off w french doors) which also has her harp practice room attached. DS uses my office if I am not in it, or he uses the craft room (which does not have doors but it is somewhat removed from the hub of the house.

The other thing getting used a lot more? Our pool and home gym.

PS, thank goodness, WIFI has been great so far

PPS Nini, DD2 has been told that they are NOT ALLOWED to do classes from bed and, get this, must follow dress code. Ha!

My teen has only one rule from me. To practice self care regularly. Ie, she must get up, eat breakfast, get dressed and teeth brushed prior to " school" and she must find some form of exercise thirty minutes every day. She has a loft bed with a large desk and lounge chair under it where she does school work and a window seat she likes to read on but her musical instruments are in a sunroom and she uses these a lot through the day for a change of scenery. The trampoline is a godsend for now.

Yes, they say to go light on the teen rules for now. That's a whole nother thread --- teens and young adults in quarantine.

Bless you all. Tomorrow at our daughter’s house. He is managing HR for a major corporation, she is teaching kindergarten, one granddaughter is taking college courses, other granddaughter is taking HS sophomore classes....I am kind of glad that they live 20 minutes away.

My husband has his own business and works from home. He is in fabrication and design which includes machining and installation (so some off-site work). We have a 4 car garage space with a bit of extra space, so we use a 2-car garage space and his "shop" is the space beyond that. His machines are there plus workspace and he also has a small desk area, but we have an office inside. Since there are only 2 of us, our third bedroom just sat there. Actually our guest room "sits there" most of the time too! Anyhoo, desk/computer, files, etc. etc. - a fully functioning office. It's complete with a loveseat and bookshelves, in case you need a quiet place to read.

My kitchen table is now my office. The chairs hold the folders & notebooks I have brought home from the office. The view is not so bad, as I can look out and see the birds on the feeders.

My real office is so cluttered... when I'm not "working" I'm in there trying to get it in shape. That was my Spring Break project, but all this happened before.

My husband is still going to work as well. I would gladly give him the kitchen table if he was able to stay home.

Two kids, with school work spread over 4 rooms. Oddly enough, it was like this in the Before Times, too.

I am impressed hearing how serious students are taking their on line learning. Gotta say I am a bit anxious about beginning this morning. Will students be there to hear from me? Will they respond? Will they take this all seriously...of course I work with students who struggle so adding this nuance of 'on line' I think will add to their frustrations. Here we go!!!

My husband is working from home in his dedicated office (an upstairs bedroom). I don’t see or hear from him until lunch time. Sometimes, I vaguely hear his voice on a call or video conference. The biggest change to me is I now answer the home phone during the day so it’s not ringing in the background, in case he’s on a video or cell phone call.

DH and I bought our house about 18 months ago. At the time, everyone told us we were crazy to buy such a large home for essentially just the two of us. But now (and at Thanksgiving,) I am especially glad we did. DH has his office in the great room, which was a former home business office for the previous owners. It is on one end of the house, has pocket doors to close it off, and is almost soundproof. Perfect for his many conference calls each day.

Our basement is finished, but mostly empty. It is the perfect place to tinker with the dollhouse. I also have a desk down there where I take my now online botany class. Here is an interesting note about that. Before everything closed, I was taking the class in person, at Longwood. There was a lot of normal classroom chatter between the professor and the students, in a structured, but loose way, if that makes sense. It was fun, filled with comraderie, and the material, while dense, was doable. Now that we're online (Zoom), the class feels more difficult--there is no banter, no visualization of hands collectively raised, suggesting others might be struggling with a point as well. Now I simply take notes and feel overwhelmed. Yes, our professor does ask if we have questions, but it's different, and more distracting to ask. Not sure this is making sense, but I imagine our college-age kids might be going through something similar.

My ds is home from college and learning online. He prefers to work from the desk in his room. I do notice more stress in him after classes and he is a good student.

I have a lovely small home office, with windows on 3 sides, overlooking the street, a woodsy side yard, and the back terrace and garden. It could use some paint and updating, but it's all mine, and I've had it for many years. When my husband started working at home 2 weeks ago, he took the desk nook in the upstairs lounge, and has lovely windows on the world, too. When we renovated the house several years ago, he insisted on having this "lounge" space, which is also our TV room (no television on main floor), and functions as a guest room from time to time. It's a large room and very comfortable, so he is happy. In addition to his day job, he has been teaching an econ course at Johns Hopkins and has had to switch to online, and finds it less than satisfactory (though it's early days still).

I’m fortunate to live in a house that was built in 1954 by a family that appreciated work and study. Each of the small bedrooms has a built-in desk and the master has its own adjacent office, also with a built-in desk. It has been my home office since I moved in. The only change now is I have my work laptop set up.

The second pic is my view from my desk through the bedroom. It’s a pleasant environment that I’m already accustomed to, which I think has made this situation more tenable.

I commandeered the eating table in my kitchen. It's actually turned out to be quite a good workspace, except the corner lacks a power outlet (1910 house; you know how it is), so I had to run an extension cord to the the laundry room. I have to unplug either the washer or dryer to plug it in (so I can't run both the washer and dryer at the same time anymore).

We are still under renovation here in Florida. Luckily I insisted on ordering a desk and filing cabinet for the den so DH can manage his business efficiently.

My only issue is that the finish is dark and that wasn’t what I wanted. With all this going down p, this is the least of it.

DH is happy with it so that’s a positive.

Meanwhile up in NY both DD’s are at my house. Youngest is using her lap top on DH’s favorite club chair and ottoman.

Oldest and her BF are spread out on tables and desks.

Glad we are here, not there.

I'm retired and mostly doing what I'd normally be doing (with the exception of cancelling my group of spiritual spring celebrants who were going to be here this past weekend). I will now need to make the quail housing myself for quail I have ordered - I need a few supplies but I can get them this week. Worse comes to worse I'll rip up some pallets I have here, but I need the wire to keep them from escaping - and the appropriate screws to put the thing together.

I started trying to learn Welsh last year … I should go back to Duolingo and start again. The problem is I want to learn it in order to read their literature, not to conduct business or be a tourist.

The gardens need to get going. Alas I blew my back out yesterday getting stuff here ready to take to the town dump. SO I'm basically doing the essential chicken maintenance and keeping the rest of my physical activity at a healing low.

So, since I live alone, I am simply adapting to the back situation, and not letting anyone in. The place is a bit disorganized atm, but I have a "package quarantine" zone.

My elementary age children are working at the kitchen table. When they need to watch a video or attend a live class (just one does live and it's only 45 min a day), they go into the den where my desktop is which is near the kitchen. My dining room table is where all the piles of worksheets/books/supplies are M-F. I clear it off for the weekends for my sanity! DH is holed away in the dressing room off our master. This worked out beautifully. He can see the tv in there as well (which is always on the financial news channel). At first he was using a table that was really too high but we didn't have anything else. Then last Thursday, my daughter's new desk and chair arrived! This was her Christmas present that I ordered in December. Perfect timing! So now that is in our dressing room and DH is using it until this whole mess is over. The first week was rough but now, in week 3, things are going much more smoothly.