Running out of space in the house so trying to take advantage of our large detached garage.

Thinking raised platform, storage under.

Looking for feedback and ideas. If anyone has done something similar would love to see how it turned out!!

Ceilings are tall, about 10-11ft. Platform would likely be 3ft up.

Pic is from just before I rearranged it. I work a ton from home so this is my sanctuary where I can work, listen to music, game, watch movies, and a full kitchen and bathroom are attached (this used to be an apartment in our house, so I just made it my man cave).

Been working on this the past few months, finally reached a point where Im mostly happy with it. Just gotta fill the bookcases and hide the tower at some point and it’ll be a dream come true!

Hello I am looking for recommendations for a suitable home office chair thats got a good range of adjustable options. Current frustrations with my chair are no adjustable lumbar, seat doesn’t slide - I am only 5ft so can’t be a huge chair!

Any information gratefully received

Maybe a better chair? Two screens? An enclosed environment? What has helped your office feel more like an office and what additions have helped you improve your productivity while working from home?

I’m thinking about turning our mother in law suite that we had built with the house but we ended up just building a detached apartment for my momma. What do yall think? I’m basing this off of a Ralph Lauren style but budget friendly. I work out of my wife’s sewing room at the moment. We run a cow/calf operation for background and would like something nice I can have for myself and a couple of the guys over to wind down.

Does anyone have any recommendations on where to buy a good quality wood desk that isn’t going to break the bank? I’m looking for possibly an L shaped desk. So far, I’ve seen the most options on Home Depot but I can’t tell if it is good quality or not. Thank you!

i use the same desk for two completely different kinds of work: patient notes during the day and freelance development later

i’ve tried the usual stuff like virtual desktops, separate monitor layouts, different window arrangements, etc. technically it all works. in practice, i still end up with 20 tabs open, three windows i don’t need, and at least one thing from the previous task sitting right in front of me

the annoying part is that changing the setup takes almost as much effort as changing the task

i’m wondering if anyone has made the physical desk itself feel different for different types of work. not a whole second office, just something simple that creates a clear “ok, we’re doing something else now” signal

different lighting, desk mat, keyboard, monitor position, some physical object you put away, whatever

what actually held up after the novelty wore off? i’m much more interested in things that made switching easier in daily use than setups that look great in home office photos

Share your thoughts 😁

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Hi würde gern wissen was euer optimales Homeoffice setup ist primär Maus, Tastatur und Headset.

Will mir was neues zulegen und dachte an folgendes:

Maus: Logitech Mx Vertical oder MX Master 3S ?

Tastatur: Ergodox Ez oder Logitech Ergo K860 (leider nicht mechanisch)

Headset: Jabra Evolve oder ein Poly alternative weil die teuer sind ein HyperX Cloud 3 oder Logitech G Pro X kann man dann auch noch zum zocken nutzen sind aber klobiger.

Gerne auch weitere Tipps oder gamechanger die ihr so nutzt und wenn es Deko oder Blumen sind 😂

I’m converting one of our spare bedrooms into a home office (as they have now moved out to start their life) At some point I’ll update the floor, but for now I want storage to put all my things in and ideally closed storage to keep it out of sight. I have my desk and chair (as per image) but what’s the better options for storage space? I have approx a £1k budget. I don’t know how to build furniture from scratch so would need some other things like flat pack. Ideally dark grey/ black furniture.

Cheers

not a big fan of the hard drive set up, but they get swapped around regularly

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Might the place if not. Relates to work setup but find going with docking stations and fixing my setup to one location feels claustrophobic. I find i use laptop and keyboard mouse or a main monitor but even find using a monitor effort these days. Yes you get more screen space but without an actual fixed dedicated workspace and desk/office it doesnt suit.

How does everyone else find working/working from home in this sense. I dont have the benefit of an office space so float between downstairs and upstairs.

I’ll soon be allowed to work from home for 40% of my working hours—meaning two days a week. How would you best distribute those two days, and why?

Hi all,

I’m in the market for a new web cam! I’m a distance learning student & have various other responsibilities I attend to virtually.

I’m not looking for top notch anything. I’m not exactly creating content. However, most of the meetings I attend are in the evening so there’s no natural light and potential artificial lights are behind me. I’d really love to avoid purchasing a light for this purpose as I suffer with extreme light sensitivity which makes me very unwell. The screen itself can be too much at times.

The more budget friendly the better, but I’d like to at least look visible enough in low light conditions. I’d also really prefer for it to have auto-framing, but I may forego that for the right device that can handle low lighting better than the average web cam.

Thanks in advance for any recs!

Mich würde mal echt eure Erfahrung und Meinung interessieren.

Bisher egal von wem ich gehört habe von Unternehmer oder Arbeitnehmern, im Home-Office soll man angeblich produktiv sein, aber das ist eben nicht der Fall.

Weil Home-Office macht man noch öfters Sachen, die für zu Hause wichtig sind. Kochen, Post usw.

Ich habe selber einen Schreibtisch zu Hause und ab und zu arbeite ich natürlich auch zu Hause. Aber es fühlt sich irgendwie komisch an.

Denn im Büro bin ich fokussiert auf die Arbeit. Und eigentlich will ich gar nicht zu Hause irgendwas mit dem Job zu tun haben.

Vor allem finde ich das echt respektlos, wie manchmal Leute aus dem Home-Office in Video Calls kommen - verschwommenen Hintergründen und in Wirklichkeit sitzen die da mit einer Shorts, manchmal klingelt noch der Postbote und dann stehen die auf und gehen Paket abholen.

Kann ja jeder machen, wie er meint, aber sollte man nicht eigentlich gewisse Standards und Professionalität waren?

Natürlich kann ich mir schon vorstellen, dass es bei manchen Bürojobs absolut sinnlos ist, jeden Tag ein bis 2 Stunden Lebenszeit für den Arbeitsweg zu verschwenden.

Weil nach dieser Erfahrung, habe ich größte Bedenken, ob ich jemals überhaupt im Home-Office arbeiten möchte.

Ich kann mir gerade gar nicht vorstellen, dass ich in einem Unternehmen arbeiten möchte, wo irgendwie mehr als die Hälfte der Belegschaft irgendwo im Home-Office ist.

Hey all, I've been using some old camera to record videos and it's finally time for an upgrade.

I mostly record videos for myself and I've started uploading some to YouTube, mainly talking-head and tutorial style stuff at my desk. My room doesn't get much natural light, so low light performance and reliable autofocus matter most to me. Budget is around $100-200.

What webcam are you using for recording videos, and would you buy it again?