The Chairish Podcast - Remote Possibilities: Home Offices that Work

Remote Possibilities: Home Offices that Work

08/05/20 • 38 min

Now that working from home has become the new normal and home schooling has become mandatory, the home office is more central to domestic happiness than ever before. And with the appeal of working remotely likely to continue long after the pandemic has retreated, the demand for chic and functional home offices is likely only to increase. In this episode, two top designers skilled at meeting the needs of modern families with great style, Chloe Warner and Mikel Welch, weigh in on what’s next and reveal how they are solving their clients’ evolving needs, why we are likely to see a resurgence in walls and doors, the difficulty in finding the perfect desk chair, and why the home office is likely to evolve into the home lobby.

In this episode, our guests tackle:

Solving for problems of a regular office space including storage, charging stations, and organization
Is there a comfortable desk chair that is chic enough to work in a home setting?
Innovative requests from clients including “work pods” in addition to traditional home offices
How can families live and work together now that they’re in the same space 24/7?
The reality of “Zoom background envy” and growing interest in well-designed backgrounds

Additional resources:

The Work From Home Edit via Chairish
35 Eclectic Home Offices via Chairish
Developing Trend: New Homes Will Include Personalized Home Offices on Forbes
That ‘Home Office’ of Yours? It Needs an Upgrade on The New York Times

Connect with Chairish and our guests on Instagram:

Chairish: @chairishco
Michael Boodro: @michaelboodro
Chloe Warner: @redmondaldrichdesign
Mikel Welch: @mikelwelch

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In this episode, our guests tackle:

Solving for problems of a regular office space including storage, charging stations, and organization
Is there a comfortable desk chair that is chic enough to work in a home setting?
Innovative requests from clients including “work pods” in addition to traditional home offices
How can families live and work together now that they’re in the same space 24/7?
The reality of “Zoom background envy” and growing interest in well-designed backgrounds

Additional resources:

The Work From Home Edit via Chairish
35 Eclectic Home Offices via Chairish
Developing Trend: New Homes Will Include Personalized Home Offices on Forbes
That ‘Home Office’ of Yours? It Needs an Upgrade on The New York Times

Connect with Chairish and our guests on Instagram:

Chairish: @chairishco
Michael Boodro: @michaelboodro
Chloe Warner: @redmondaldrichdesign
Mikel Welch: @mikelwelch

Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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