WORKING FROM HOME wasn’t working for Max Sinsteden, director of design firm Olasky & Sinsteden. “I as a decorator, on the other hand, have 400 tote bags and eight huge Tupperware boxes of samples,” he said. The structure was made in Lancaster, Pa., by Hillbrook Collections and in May muled into place on a flatbed. “They arrive done...literally there’s a cord coming out the back,” said Mr. Sinsteden of such to-the-rescue buildings. “So they’re looking for a soft separation between their work life and family life.” An unconnected space helps ensure quiet and tucks away the nagging ephemera of office life—to-do lists, computers, cords—when you’re off the clock.

Source: Wall Street Journal October 16, 2020 19:18 UTC