SRS, sorry, I did not see your question till today.

There are 2-3 spaces involved in becoming office-y because... well, because.

One is a guest room that can also be a VERY sunny office in weather that is not too cold-- it's drafty, but the winders don't open so I don't want to caulk them draftless till next fall-- in the hot summer I'll need all the drafts I can get. That space will receive a laptop and a small printer (both can be moved to the AC summer room if needed on a really hot day, but it's seldom that this guest room stays hot overnight so I think it will be OK most of the summer). It has copious, mostly-empty cabinet space and a built-in keyboard slide-out counter with more counter space all around it, all at the right height. It has most of the stuff ready to hook up, and I think Hardi is going to add wireless...

Because....

He has one at home too, now in the dining room, that will need to be routered wireless.

And...

Then there is the traveling office which presently holds a different laptop-- a more rugged one that I'll take on vacay, workshops, meetings, etc., for which I also hope to find a tiny travel printer.

All these have or will have re-allocated external hard drives and flash keys for moving stuff back and forth.

The guest room office will be mainly for drafting work product in peace and quiet away from the backdoor-knockers and for either Hardi or I to go keyboard away without inviting conversational interruptions.

But the "entertainment" desktop computer will remain in the living room for looking movies up in the IMDB or getting hockey news and, perhaps, hockey games via internet.

That upstairs one is also mighty good for insomniac solitaire. :~)

~Susan