Northshore Home magazine highlights the best in architectural design, new construction and renovations, interiors, and landscape design.
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elements nshoremag.com/nshorehome/ 98 WINTER 2021 which work well with laptops and added a console for supplies. "There were makeshift spaces popping up all over the house," Kennerknecht says. "Having this intentional space helps organize the family, and they can close the doors at the end of the day." Homeowners less inclined to dismantle a room are asking designers to integrate desks into everyday living spaces. Kennerknecht shuffled furniture in a family room to make way for a desk and decent lighting. She also styled the bookshelves behind it to be a Zoom-ready background. Clare Wheadon incorporated a campaign desk into a Marblehead living room for a mom who wanted a quiet corner. "It can double as a bar for a party post-Covid," she says. Richard Tubman, owner of Circle Furniture, witnessed his daughter scrambling to set up an area where she could oversee her six-year old's lessons, occupy her two-year old, and do her own Clare Wheadon designed this Marblehead office to be functional during the pandemic and beyond "The custom built-in desk can handle a giant monitor now," she says. The room also has a welcoming seating area so his wife can join him for a chat. P H O T O G R A P H B Y M I C H A E L J . L E E malmquistbuilders.com 978.998.0241