[poulsbohemian]

I've been a remote / WFH type since about 2006, across two houses. Over that time I've held a lot of different roles - freelancer, business owner, employee, both in software and out...

In the past, I used the cottage in our backyard as a dedicated office (this was glorious!) but a few years ago started renting it out for extra income (this is also really great!). That meant that I moved my space into the house, first as a corner of my bedroom, later in a dedicated office room. What I've learned for myself is that it is good to have a dedicated desk for when I'm in that mood, but that it really helps to be able to grab my laptop and migrate. This became especially true when my partner moved into my dedicated office space. Sometimes it's nice to work in the same space, other times I like to sit in the front window of the house. Likewise, sometimes I need the second monitor and the beefy system on my desk. In the office we both have matching motorized standup desks - she likes to stand for part of the day more than I do. She really likes a pistol-grip style mouse, I'm happy with whatever mouse is available. We are an all Apple household, and we've found the built in microphones and webcams to be perfectly sufficient.

Major addition to our office in the past two years was an investment in a color laser printer / scanner. Totally worth every penny.

Biggest work-from-home productivity move is having kids old enough to be in school and/or able to keep themselves busy. The cats still walk on my keyboard or demand loves, but overall they are pretty good co-workers.