My partner and I live in a 700 sq ft. 2-bedroom condo and after 1.5 years WFH in the office together, are finally going insane. We fight about who gets to stay in the office for meetings almost everyday. Any unique tips for shoehorning a small desk in a living room or bedroom?

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I’m amazed there can be 2 bedrooms in 700 feet. I don’t know how you’ve survived 1.5 years

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I lived in a 2bed2bath with 660. I have no idea how I lived there for 3 years.

Well, the money saved was nice..

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We share a 1bed but 1 of us works on the kitchen table and the other uses a small desk in the bedroom. Problem solved

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I work from the dining table too

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Isn’t WFH about to end in a few weeks time? Sounds like you won’t have this problem for long unless WFH is a more permanent choice for the two of you

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Just put a desk somewhere else even if it’s ugly

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Get a WeWork, Regus, or Buró membership? Sounds too detrimental to your relationship to keep this up.

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can you work from the dining room table ?

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Can one of you rent a small office space at a wework or other Coworking space?

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Similar situation. Found a folding computer table on Amazon that looks really good actually and was like $40. We keep it up in another bedroom during the week but can easily close it and put away when needed. It was $$ very well spent. It’s large enough for a laptop and a small monitor but if that is too big I’m sure you can find something smaller.

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You could do a Murphy bed with a desk under it, if that makes sense. So when it’s folded down it’s a bed, but when it’s folded up it’s a desk. I’m considering one of those for my guest room.

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Closet office. It requires shuffling storage around but I’ve definitely had to work out of closets through the years.

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Find a good space. And then put a desk there. That's what I did.

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Literally in the exact situation, just slap 2 desks as far apart as possible with max sound seperation, both get airpods with sound cancelling and bingo

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Try a ~700 sf 1 1/2 BR (1/2 BR is the office and has no wall) WFH setup with each of us alternating being on parental leave with a newborn. You’ll be grateful for your situation. We made it work.

We built a small wall desk in our living room! Look up wall desks and you should get lots of Results!

When I thought this was going to be a few weeks I bough a 3 foot folding table at Lowe’s and a table cloth. Easy to set up, store, and will be useable no matter where you end up living

A non-desk option is to get a tall laptop stand, wireless keyboard and mouse, and make a standing desk. I bought an adjustable laptop stand on Amazon and have it set up on my bedroom dresser (which is waist high - it probably wouldn’t work with a tall dresser).

Wall desk or one of you uses the dining table

I work from my mom’s house. Got any empty nester relatives close by?

I have an IKEA desk that has drop leaf sides so you can adjust how wide you want it to be. It’s been great for small spaces.

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