We’ve all been at home a long time now, and working from home has become the new normal. Some of you will be back into the office part time but still working from home too, whilst some of us have set up or expanded businesses and side hustles. For some, the kitchen table still reigns supreme and for others, that under-used, over-filled back bedroom has been given a new title - The Home Office.

As I sit here, writing this with a strong cup of Yorkshire tea and a recently opened packet of Jaffa Cakes, I find myself in the very lucky position of being able to work from my own home office. Whilst the Jaffa cakes won’t even make it to the end of this blog post, the feeling of satisfaction in having a designated space will last long after I’ve closed the door on my working day. Literally - shut the laptop down, close the office door, run away screaming.

It hasn’t always been this way though, in fact, I spent most of the pandemic working from my sofa. I also moved house at this time and so my new back bedroom became what was effectively a storage facility for months on end.

Eventually, I decided enough was enough. My lower back was crying out for a proper chair and the “room of doom” back bedroom was slowly becoming less storage and more landfill.

So I got to work on designing myself a brand new home office. By watching Emily in Paris.