Business

At Work at Home: Design Ideas for Your Home Workplace

Neal Zimmerman
These days nearly every kind of business operates out of the home, so here are hundreds of design ideas for making work spaces in the home. Whether you are renovating an existing room, planning to add on an extra room, or building a completely separate facility, this book address all the associated issues. Beautifully photographed and very imaginative.

TABLE OF CONTENTS:

Chap. 1: FIRST STEPS
Know Your Needs
Choose Your Location
Develop a Floor Plan
Create the Right Environment
Design a Place for Who You Are

Chap. 2: SHARED SPACES
Negotiating Privacy, Setting
Boundaries
Shared Bedrooms
Shared Kitchens
Shared Gathering Rooms
Storage in Shared Spaces

Chap. 3: NICHE SPACES
Nooks & Alcoves within Larger Rooms
Closets
Hallways & Stairwells
Lofts

Chap. 4: DEDICATED TO WORK
Bedrooms, Dens, & Other Redefined Rooms
Basement Workplaces
Attic Workplaces
Sunrooms & Porches
High Definition: New Rooms in New Houses

Chap. 5: Adding On
Rear & Side Additions
Garage Additions

Chap. 6: A PLACE OF YOUR OWN
Converting an Existing Outbuilding
New Construction: Crafting a New Vessel

Chap. 7: GOING PUBLIC
Getting Approval
A Portfolio of Public Workplaces