Working from Home Desk & Office Setup Ideas

4. Problem #2: We don’t have a table!

There are many solutions (boxes, tables, chests, step stools, and laundry baskets), but one of the strangest table replacements is the right choice: Ironing boards seem to be an alternative option to tables.
Inexpensive, readily available, quick to move or fold, and usually height-adjustable. Why don’t we always use an ironing board?

Mount them on the table. Use a mini ironing board to sit cross-legged on the floor. Ironing boards are usually not in great demand in most households. So, you can enroll yourself full time. After all, who needs a table?!

When Kamala Harris ran for DA in San Francisco in 2003, she used an ironing board. Rolling Stone magazine quoted Harris as saying, “I’m going to campaign with my ironing board. An ironing board makes a great standing desk.”

There it is: the Vice Presidential candidate’s endorsed desk alternative: the ironing board.

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So, now that you’ve set up your ironing board or shower for working from home and the weeks have blurred into months, your next home office downside might be:

5. Problem #3: We feel trapped!

You’re probably tired of all the photos people post of their outdoor office spaces as they escape to their lake houses, mountain cabins, or beach bungalows. Don’t have?

Here are some whimsical alternatives for your office setup so you too can experience the thrill of the outdoors in your workspace setup.

Working from a balcony, anyone?

For those of you who have apartments in urban areas, move your work settings to the balcony.

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This may not be a year-round solution, but a balcony or terrace can often be transformed into a pleasant outdoor work space.

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If you have a garden or backyard, even better.

Stick your distance-working toes in the sand.

Maybe you don’t have outdoor space or the weather is bad.

Here’s a unique workspace solution that helps you feel like you’re in Bermuda, wherever you actually are: an indoor home office with a faux beach. Funny? Yes. A clear cry for help? Possible. It’s a giant sandbox, so… we’ll let you decide.

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Maybe all these ideas are a bit ambitious. You want to be outdoors and you want to be outdoors, now! Yes, head office challenges are the mother of invention. Or something like that.

Anyway, find the nearest dumpster and get to work.

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Keeping work from home arrangements real

Even when working from home, we may still feel the need to dress appropriately and keep up with remote workers.

Don’t be discouraged by the many beautiful #WFH tweets and Instagram photos featuring swanky, high-tech work setups, some of which include minimalist with great taste and some elaborately decorated.

Your work-from-home setup may be more grunge than glam; If so, you’re just like the rest of us. We thank the people who keep it real.

Here he is minimalist with great taste.

And here it is elaborately decorated.

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