From a leather-topped desk in the office of his Windsor home, Jack Rohrbach keeps in daily contact with his Wisconsin paper-coating company. Below the bookshelves behind him, an oversized shelf houses his computer, phone and fax.
If there’s one room where function threatens form, it’s the home office. Little real space remains after squeezing all the essential accouterments of the workplace – computer, fax, telephone, and those inescapably blah file cabinets – into what is often the smallest room in the house. In the typical 10-by-12-foot office space, wants and needs often collide. What was to be an energizing, inviting little refuge instead leaves its users achy and uninspired.
Of course, it doesn’t have to be that way. Space-saving cabinetry, ergonomically correct office furniture, and professional advice on everything from physical layout to color and decor can help even the most unimaginative homeowner create a workable design. But the task is a bit tougher in homes that weren’t built with business workspace in mind. Given that the work-at-home craze is being driven by a climate of virtual office structures and Internet access, neither of which was taken seriously even five years ago, ingenuity must take over in all but the newest made-to-order residences.
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