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96 WINTER 2021 elements nshoremag.com/nshorehome/ her sons meet one-on-one with their tutor. Shadrick ordered a custom Dunes & Duchess drop leaf table for the room. "Open it's a work surface big enough for two; folded down it sits against the wall like a console table," she says. "The room can 100 percent go back to being a grownup space." Primary rooms that didn't get much action pre- Covid are being turned into work spaces. Jayme Kennerknecht retrofit a formal living room as a chic communal study space for three kids. Out went the chairs and coffee table and in came a three-legged worktable with concealed power outlets along with stackable Eames chairs that can be stored easily later. She paired the remaining sofa with C-tables Above, Jenn Sanborn added a homework desk when she freshened the décor this basement. "Usually clients finish a lower level to create spaces for gathering, but there is often leftover space where we often add a table and chairs or a desk," the designer says. "I was thrilled to find that this desk area we created pre-pandemic has been so useful." Right, See page 120 for more on Jenn Sanborn's design. P H O T O G R A P H S B Y M I C H A E L J . L E E