{"product_id":"9780760372777","title":"Black \u0026 Decker The Hardworking Home : A DIY Guide to Working, Learning, and Living at Home by Mark Johanson","description":"The Hardworking Home presents a wide range of achievable home improvements that will help you upgrade your home to better meet your needs in this shifting world.  From home office to home school to home entertaining, today's households have necessarily become functional microcosms of society. Before the pandemic, less than five percent of full-time employees worked remotely from home. At the height of the outbreak, more than half did. And even when the dust has settled, it is estimated that at least a quarter of us will be performing our jobs from offices in our homes. Distance learning also will endure as an important educational tool. And while we back into less restrictive social distancing guidelines, it nevertheless makes sense to create a fun, vibrant atmosphere for entertaining ourselves and our guests within the safe confines of our homes.  Some of the projects in The Hardworking Home are quite simple and others require a little more DIY experience. But the overriding commonality is that they have been curated with the forward-looking filter of making our lives better, more efficient, and more satisfying in a changing world landscape. Content includes: Introduction How we got here  Goals and considerations  Where to work?  Distance learning  Multipurpose spaces  Repurposing what you already have Adapting Space Lamps and lighting choices  Wall color and painting  Practical home d?cor  Noise reduction  Air quality and whole-house ventilation  Furnishings  Separation tips for open spaces  Making room for recess and relaxation  Private spaces for external communication  Work-related meeting areas  Technology issues (Wi-Fi and beyond)  Ergonomic solutions for working at the dining table  Protecting furnishings and surfaces  Efficient ways to stash your stuff  Working together  Convertible work spaces and desktops  Partition wall  Modifying countertops and cabinets  Tambour hideaway (protecting electronics and equipment)  Pantry conversion  Island bumpout  Slide-out work surfaces (and keyboard trays, printer bays, etc.)  Under-cabinet lighting  Under-cabinet storage  Cord management  Adapting dining rooms  Adapting kitchens  Adapting family rooms  Creating activity\/recess areas  Movable work centers  Dividing space  Workspace under loft bed  Corner workspace  Creating living\/working space separation  Adapting bedrooms  Renovating a spare room? Creating Space Renovating a spare room (Features: ways to improve lighting)  Creating an office in an unfinished basement (Features: furring walls, suspended ceiling, raised subfloor panels)  Closet office conversion  Renovating a garage (Features: garage floor refinish, new garage window, garage skylight, storage projects)  Making an outbuilding habitable (Features: making a shed livable)  Feature project: closet office Easy DIY Projects Rolling  Modular  Drop-down  Kids  Space-saving  Rolling  Hidden  File-friendly  Room dividers  Plexiglass protectors  Carrel curtains  Desks  Storage  Privacy barriers\u003cbr\u003eBinding: Paperback \/ softback","brand":"Gardners","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":56294776537461,"sku":"9780760372777","price":19.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0612\/7193\/3106\/files\/9780760372777.jpg?v=1762765966","url":"https:\/\/backstory.london\/products\/9780760372777","provider":"Backstory","version":"1.0","type":"link"}