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Am I unreasonable to resent my husband's work from home desk taking space?

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TwinkleTwinkleX · 21/09/2026 16:52

I live in a 3 bed flat with husband, 5 year old and 1 year old daughter. We have a big bedroom and 2 other rooms that are fairly small. The plan was for my girls to share a room initially (can fit two beds or bunks) and leave the other room for a play room / dressing room for them. If them sharing doesn’t work out we’ were going to move baby into own room. My husband recently got a new job and annoyingly it’s mainly hybrid (turns out he’ll be working from home most the time)
it’s good because he’ll be able to do school pick ups etc more but he needs a big desk for 2 monitors+ laptop. Am I being unreasonable to find it annoying? I am just not keen on all his work stuff taking over our flat and him not being able to switch off as easily. Also would it be better to put big desk in our bedroom or cram into kids playroom do you think? We spend most the time in lounge so don’t want it there. Any tips for making wfh feel less intrusive and desk that keep things organised but don’t take up so much room/ look nice?

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caffelatte100 · Yesterday 20:40

CombatBarbie · 21/09/2026 21:07

Has he looked into renting a private office space? So its solely his. We

Cant imagine the mornings or afters afterschool and holidays will be much fun
And as PP said, hes going to end up spending up to 15hrs a day in there.

Yes, I was going to suggest this. Is renting an office somewhere closeby
an option?

Crispautumnday · Yesterday 20:43

He needs to have a room thats his study so he can work properly at home
The girls can use the sitting room as their playroom

SP2024 · Yesterday 20:53

Does baby go to nursery? When my LO was little I had my desk for wfh in his room because when I was working he was at nursery. And because he was in a cot any wires etc didn’t matter.

ReadingSoManyThreads · Yesterday 21:15

He doesn't need a big ass desk. My DH works from home full-time and has 2 monitors plus 2 laptops and his desk was my sewing machine table before he stole it from me isn't big, it's no more than medium size and it also fits a printer on it. In fact, I've just gone and measured it and it's 115cm x 77cm. He doesn't have a big ass chair either, just a normal kitchen table chair from ikea.

Throwntothewolves · Yesterday 21:39

Could he get a corner desk to accommodate the two monitors and minimise the floor space taken up?

SemiRetiredLoveGoddeess · Today 02:22

Another click bait post for home office furniture?

Seem to be on the increase on a lot of sites and blogs.

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