A Double-Sided Desk Could Be The Answer To Your Home Office Productivity Struggles

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More and more people are working remotely these days. While it is certainly more convenient (staying in sweatpants all day? Yes, please!), it can also be lonely. Gone is the playful office banter, the water cooler chats, the discussion of the terrible ending of a favorite TV show. Also gone are workplace collaboration, immediate responses, and real-time updates. Instead, you are staring at three little dots on your phone, waiting for answers you needed 20 minutes ago. 

If someone else in your home also works remote (whether a roommate, sibling, spouse, boyfriend, or parent), try a double-sided desk. This home office design feature allows you to sit across from one another, as you would in a meeting, or when gabbing over coffee. This unique home office setup will inspire your creativity, promote interaction, and foster collaboration, which is especially helpful if you and your roommates are business partners or work for the same company. Even if you don't work in the same business, it can be helpful to have an extra set of eyes and ears to run ideas by, and to talk you off the ledge before you hit "send" on that email. 

Instead of hiding in separate spaces during work hours, try sharing a double-sided desk. It can bring back the fun and productive parts of office life. And you won't even have to change out of those sweatpants. 

There's another more practical reason to share desk space, and that's space itself. Most people aren't lucky enough to have one dedicated home office, much less two. Dining room tables often stand in as desks, or actual desks are stashed in bedroom corners, garages, and multi-purpose rooms. A double-sided desk can make the most of a small home office by cutting an extra desk out of the equation. Whether you get to share the desk in an actual home office, or it sits in the middle of the living room, you will gain back some much-needed space. It will also allow you to share a printer and keep workplace supplies in one location. 

The good news is, you don't have to pay double for a double-sided desk. Any desk that doesn't have a back can be used in this way, as long as there is room underneath for both your legs and your collaborator's to fit comfortably, and room on top for two laptops or computers. This is different from a double desk or two-person desk, which seats occupants side-by-side. These desks are longer than double-sided desks, but will still save you space over a dual-office setup.