WFH from bedroom

[Oddsox1]

Arrival of DC2 will mean I lose my spare room/office room and will need to find somewhere else to WFH (usually 3 days a week).

No space for a garden office or extention/conversion. Could fit a desk in the open plan lounge/diner probably, but feel like that would be disruptive to the kids as they get older (wanting to play after school, in holidays etc).

So our bedroom seems the only solution! Does anyone else do this and not find it too bad? I hate the thought of having an office in my bedroom for however many years (decades!) but not sure what the alternative is.

If possible I’d mix this up with renting a local workspace for one day and/or using a coffee shop or similar for a few hours.

Working solely from your bedroom for three full days a week sounds miserable.

Probably should have mentioned that there is a local office that I do/can go into, so that's always an option. But I much prefer WFH (maybe because I've always had my own space until now!)

It's less working from the bedroom that bothers me, more that there will be a desk/monitor/big ugly chair there when I'm trying to unwind and sleep.

I worked from my bedroom (full desk set up with 2 monitors etc) full time for about 18 months and then 3 days a week for another 12. It was fine for me until about 6 months ago I broke and moved permanently to the living room. It got a bit cabin fevery eventually.

I worked from our bedroom for almost a year and it was fine. At 5pm I just tided the desk and put laptop aside and next morning continued. I had a big chest of drawers between the bed and the desk so it wasn't like it was the first thing I saw from the bed.

Can you get a pretty screen to put across when finished?

Maybe, will look into this, thanks!

I did this for about a year after maternity leave, until we moved DD2 out of her cot (which was in the box room where I worked previously) and into a bed in DD1's room.

It was fine. It helped that the bedroom is a reasonable size, and that the layout meant that when I was on calls, no one could see it was a bedroom.
It wasn't ideal obviously, but I wouldn't say it bothered me particularly.

If it was only a year or so it wouldn't bother me, more that it'll probably need to remain until my 2 year old is at university 😀

Can they children not share a room?

Use a different teams background so you can't see that you're in your bedroom while you're on calls.
Curtain. Screen or box off rhe desk when not in use. Get a chair that complements your bedroom decor. Or a throw or blanket to put over an office chair.

I do, three days a week.

I agree with this, I did it for a time too but found a nice stylish desk and chair so it could almost pass for bedroom furniture, and made sure the laptop was packed away in a drawer when I wasn't working. Had a nice candle, photo frame and pen pot on there as well to make it look a bit nicer!

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Would something like this help? You close it when you've finished and can't see your work. I have something similar in my dining room and it's brilliant for defining work/ home time.

I work from our master bedroom. 4 days a week, find it totally fine and I face the window. I did invest in a stand up electronic desk. It’s been a game changer. I also got an office chair that wasn’t too officey and looked a bit more fitting for bedroom. I planned to tidy it away everyday but I don’t. I just keep it super tidy, have a nice plant and pictures on it and it’s fine. When I have my camera on for calls I just have a office back filler thing so you can only see me :)

I know this isn't what you're asking but you do have a choice, you could work at the office. But I guess WFH is preferable for your life set up, so the only option is to work from your room for both your privacy and the comfort of your family. Screen off the area as others have suggested. As you'll have childcare of some form in place, maybe do some days in the office just to get out of the house for your own sanity.

A friend of ours insists on working at the dining room table for the same reason. It's really disruptive to family life, particularly in the school holidays. I know his wife doesn't like it (who also WFH, different hours, but does so away from the family areas). He could go to the office 10 minutes away but prefers not to. Their child is often sent to see if DS wants to play (at our house), he's basically kicked out so Dad can work in peace. Don't be that parent.

I have this around my desk when I'm working. It screens my work area from rest of room and makes me feel slightly separate as can't see rest of room when working and no one else can. It folds away flat so at weekends or end of day I sometimes pack everything away. If busy at work I leave it up but can't see desk when relaxing

Just to add you could have a folding desk so you can fold it against the wall when not needed.