To ask where you work if you work from home?

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We have a 3 bedroom house. At the moment it's just DSD, DH and I. DH and I share a bedroom, DSD has a bedroom and the 3rd bedroom is a study. DH does a lot of work from home so ideally needs a separate place to work. We're thinking of TTC and I know it's a long way off but where would you have your study / do work?

I WFH in the dining room in the summer as it has a lovely view of the garden. I WFH in the living room in the winter as it has an amazing wood burner. We don't have a study/desk. Hoping to in the next house

We have a small extra living room at the back of the house, off the dining room and I have my desk and computer there.
It has lots of light from 2 windows and I like that I can see the garden. I don't get disturbed much, even when others are in the house, as this room isn't on the way to anywhere else.
I was thinking about putting french doors in so I could (theoretically) work outside if it's nice weather, but that might encourage foot traffic through here, so maybe not!

An alcove on the landing that fits a desk, we bought this house before I started this job with mostly home working. When/if we move I want a study or additional bedroom that can be one.

I live in a tiny terraced house with a longish garden. I had a bespoke well insulated shed built with two workstations, large windows and a verandah. It was lovely working there in the summer surrounded by birdsong, and toasty warm in the winter.

In the dining room unfortunately. The plan is eventually to move DTs up into the loft space and convert their room into a study / workspace for all of us.

No one around during the day so it works on for now.

@hollyangel I love that desk!

Currently working from my sofa (well, okay, on mumsnet but technically "working") because I messed up my foot last night so need to keep it elevated. Normally, I would work from a desk that we have set up in the lounge. We have like an L-shaped lounge, so tv, sofa, piles of toys are in one part of the L and then bookshelves and my desk are in other part. I used to work from the dining table. All that is possible if you are the only one home working, kids are in school/nursery and you don't have a partner who is at home (SAHP or WFH). If my dh had to be home with one of the dc, I would have to go to costa or the library or something.

The ideal would be a separate office (extra bedroom or other room), but actually I've had those in the past and I never really worked in them. It was much easier to be in the kitchen or dining room where it was warmer and I was near food and the kettle. So an extra room for an office is ideal, but not necessary. I've worked from home at least half of every week for 8 years without one.

@inwood I know, I love it! I have matched it with this Ikea office chair, which is v comfy and more stylish than it looks!

I move around the house, with no actual dedicated space. I only need a phone, laptop, and somewhere to take notes if needed.

Most days I work from the kitchen table. Dh also works from home but has the smallest bedroom as office and he has lots of equipment.

Usually its just us home during the day. If someone else is around I either work from living room, or from our bedroom if I need quiet. In the summer I sometimes shift outside to the garden.

Dining table or sofa! Work from home occasionally rather than every day so it’s fine for me. Always wonderful to have a day without a long commute!

I work from home and i either work in the living room on my laptop or a lot of the time in my bedroom ... However it would be lovely to have an office that i could decorate and create a nice relaxing environment designated for work.

We just dont have the room for that currently!

When we were in a 3bed house, I had a dedicated cupboard space for my office things in the dining room. I used the dining table as my office table (lovely view of the garden!). We kept the dining room clutter free and I cleared up at the end of each day. It worked very well.

Kitchen table if I'm feeling energetic, bed if I'm not.

I usually sit on the sofa! Bit DH has put in one of those collapsible desks in the spare bedroom, so it lays flat against the wall when I am not using it.

We have a three bedroom house; when I work from home I work from the couch, dining room table, or if I'm feeling really lazy, from my bed

Looking to move next year or the year after, will definitely be looking for somewhere with either a separate office space or at least a corner I can put a desk.

DH works from home and has a dedicated office room downstairs , separated (was reasonably soundproofed to withstand play dates during conference calls), I mostly work from home and have a built office in the garden.
However, over the years with a variety of occasional and regular work from home for both of us and different homes, we successfully used nice small desk in corner of spare bedroom, spare bedroom turned to office, dining table, kitchen table, dedicated office room. We had a stage when we had a large desk in a big spare room turned office and we sat side by side to work but we usually worked separately.
I think what is most important where children are around, is the ability to close yourself away from noise and distraction, the size of the space is dependent on the type of work you do but it’s surprising how much you can fit in a small area. And be super tidy when the work area mixes with the family space.
Could you add an extension to incorporate office space or get an office built in the garden? Or could you hire a local office space when children are older?

We have a 4 bed. DH has one of the bedrooms as an office. I use what is supposed to be our "formal" dining room as my office (we have a family room off the kitchen we use as dining).

We both work from home a lot so wanted/needed dedicated space.

I have an office but as soon as the kids were past primary age I used the kitchen table, which is open plan. It used to mean i could keep an eye on their comings and goings around the house and answer any questions etc.

Mention of the bed room reminds me of our 3 bed semi where we were living when my 3rd child was born. We had a little "card" table a relative had given us with a felt top which could be folded up although we left it out and I had my Amstrad PCW - in those days what for us at least was a very expensive word processor on there at weekends. (We did not have a separate office or bed room in that house but then I was working in the week in central London anyway so not essential).

At the breakfast bar or Starbucks

I sit at our kitchen table. We do have a study upstairs but I'm not keen, it feels too "office-y". (When I'm not at home I work at a table in a cafe/coffee shop the vast majority of the time, rather than an actual office, so this feels normal to me!)

Interesting as I’ve just moved and swapped from an area of my old lounge (it was huge though) to a dedicated room upstairs... and I don’t like it! Am likely to carve out a space back downstairs as I feel oddly “cut off” up there.

2 bed house, with a lovely garden office, and that's where I work.
I pretty much only use the garden office to work in and as a general dumping ground for stuff so I am able to separate home and work quite well.

It's a wooden structure (double glazed, laminate, full elec and wifi), so gets chilly, but what I save on fuel not commuting I spend on heating it.

Do you have a garage that could be converted?

I have an office, it was described as 2nd reception room when we bought