![]() If you’ve permanently transitioned to working from home, I’m guessing your wardrobe has changed too. In fact, a smart floor plan will work better than a large floor plan most of the time. While having a large studio apartment with tons of square footage is ideal, it isn’t always practical, affordable, or available. Let’s take a look at some examples of great apartment floor plans for various live-work scenarios. No matter your situation or budget, there is an apartment floor plan out there that will make it feasible to comfortably work from home. Or perhaps you have multiple people working from home, like roommates or a husband who chews very loudly (anyone else?!)? Or is your whole family, including children, living in your apartment? Yeah…conference calls and toddlers do not mix well. Maybe you have a studio apartment style budget, but need to work remotely. These Are the Best Apartment Floor Plans for Work From Home Rentersĭifferent circumstances can make working from home in an apartment a challenge. If your temporary remote work situation has become permanent, or if you’re lucky enough to have a hybrid work schedule, the time to move is now! With more and more luxury apartment buildings catering to work-from-home renters, there are plenty of possibilities for having a great home office space in your apartment. By mid-summer of 2020, my team of leasing agents and I were busy helping people find new apartments in downtown Chicago with a little extra elbow room. The new normal: You can work hard from anywhere, including a studio apartment.Īs weeks stretched into months, some folks who were working from home in their apartments began to feel a little cramped. Some companies are even looking into continuing to keep 100% of their workforce remote. And generally speaking, we all killed it! I mean…let’s never, ever do that again, but it was pretty cool to see people make the shift to remote work practically overnight.īut even as pandemic restrictions are fading away, it appears many employers are continuing to allow flexibility. ![]() ![]() We all learned a lot about productivity as we were forced to adapt at home, often while juggling additional family responsibilities. The 2020 pandemic was essentially a massive, and entirely unplanned, workplace experiment. According to Pew Research Center, the percentage of people working from home increased from 20% to 71% during the pandemic. That two-week pause turned into 14 months of working from my apartment.Īnd, it appears I’m in good company. In the spring of 2020 when stay-at-home orders took effect, I had to figure out how to keep working – and stay sane – while my office in downtown Chicago closed “for a couple of weeks”. ![]() In the wake of this global nightmare, I learned a lot – elastic-band pants are underrated, it’s possible to form a lifelong friendship with your Instacart shopper and Schitt’s Creek is worth binge-watching at least twice.Īnd then there’s the biggest lesson of all – working from home full-time is entirely possible. The coronavirus is finally in the rearview mirror and the post-pandemic reflection has begun. ![]()
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