Some of my best and most rewarding long term adult friendships have come as the result of working with people in various office configurations. I'm astonished a

Some of my best and most rewarding long term adult friendships have come as the result of working with people in various office configurations. I'm astonished at the strong desire for physical isolation that so many people here are ever on about. But, not my business, you do you. One by one. Alone :) oh, and on top of that, there is a heavy overlap here with people who wish to flee any city, it's an interesting correlation. I love cities, for the daily variety they offer on so many dimensions. But this is not why I'm writing. I just wanted to share a "home office arrangement" that I invented which I like quite a bit. It's probably more for a bachelor situation than couple, depends on your other, and not for the smallest of spaces, but it's a way to make a space like a living room do double duty. I've done it in several houses/apartments I've lived in and I won't go back. The trick is this: if your couch has its back to a wall, move the couch out from the wall, and hide a desk and chair behind it, facing in the same direction as the couch. You can still use your living room as a living room, and if you're pounding a keyboard all day, a living room is a nice place to sit; I don not like staring at walls, I like depth. moderate clutter will remain mostly hidden, and you can also see the TV if you want to watch youtubes while you're on your keyboard.