General Chat

I used to have my desk in the corner of my bedroom, but then decided to use my living room for living and not just a TV room. So we are comfortably ensconced in an alcove in the living room with Snooker on the telly at the other end of the room. HOWEVER SWMBO has made "It's time to move your office into the back room" noises so . . . .

Isn't is amazing what can start a really interesting thread.

I'm not under the stairs (I think I'm too big) but I have a nice little 3rd bedroom/boxroom - not very much bigger than the cupboard under the stairs - which I use as a computer room and where I make my greetings cards. We were canny when our PC needed upgrading - instead of selling it for nearly nothing, we bought a new one for our son and kept the old one for ourselves. And it worked so much better without all his games on it!!! NOw there's no fighting at all!

I'm lucky as I have a study at the back of the house which overlooks the garden. Right now the window's open and the sun is shining from a clear blue sky. I'm being helped in my research by my personal assistant - well the cat's sat on the death certificate I'm trying to read anyway !!! Rick.

I'm on a laptop in the front room. Huby too mean to let me use his pc upstairs which he only uses to play games on. We're moving soon and they already have under the stairs set up for pc area.

Norah Just had a peek at your photo. Your understair hidyhole is a bit more luxurious than mine! Yes I'm back under the stairs tonight, and have been there pretty much all day too as Wednesday is my "work from home" day. It's getting a bit warm in here. Angela

If you are feeling a wee bit curious, I have just added a photo of me 'below stairs' on Darrens photo site. lol I didn't even tidy 'the office' or me up before taking the photo. http://groups.msn.com/GCPhotospages Norah

i live in a terraced house and the front and back room are open plan and thats where out pc is however we have a loft conversion and for a while it was under the stairs to their but was to cold in winter when we had no heating we have central heating now but still prefer the pc in the living room cus its better to keep an eye on the kids wen they r on the internet

well I am not under the stairs, could be arranged though if it Thunders. I might be a bit posh as I have my own quite large computer room, complete with en-suite bathroom. Its great cos when I want to sneak on the board I say "just going for a shower Ray" Then I turn the water on and have a quick gander on the boards. Think he is getting suspicious though, as I have had three showers already today, and done nothing physical to work up even a modest sweat lol.

I forgot that the kids have a computer in their bedroom, And in the loft which other half has boarded he has about 3 at the last count. He's computer mad drives me mad too especially when he packs up at night with the noise of him shutting up the loft hatch always wakes the kids up. Debbie

i am a harry potter too ,under the stairs like all the rest . now i know what this space was really made for ...caz

We didn't want to put the computer in any of our children's rooms so boarded the loft space and I sit up in the roof with seagulls tapping the skylight.

Fascinating to see all the replies. We've two computers at home, the main PC which sits in our office/ study and my wife mainly uses when she's at home, and a laptop I bought last year to accompany me on overseas trips with a children's charity I'm involved with. So when we're both at home, Paula works in the study, while I camp out on the dining room table. Only problem is that we've got one printer and one internet point, both in the study, so there's a bit of negotiating involved to decide who plugs into what and when. (Actually, I cheat, I can use the PC when Paula's not around! Very useful for doing all the records for our shop business.) Philip

Hello Debbie I'm in Swaythling, just a couple or miles or so from Southampton centre. Have you looked at the Hampshire meeting thread? Regards Norah

Hi Norah I'm under the stairs, which is in our lounge. Not ideal because telly in there as well. We are just putting our house up for sale and we have had four estate agents come in and have all said thats a very good idea. Mind you all the properties we have looked at there is no where to put a computer desk. And I am defitnely not moving until I find a proper house with room for a Computer. Can I ask what part of Southampton you are in? I am in Fair Oak Eastleigh. Debbie

It has been wonderful reading all your replies and hilarious too. So seems that quite a lot of us are of the 'below stairs' brigade. Happy compooting Norah

Hi Norah, my Computer is in the hall which is about 9 ft wide by about 15ft long ,we put shelves for all the books we read and also a space for the computer ,so I am under the stairs but have lots of room to move ,it's nice and cosy and not in the way . Margaret.

I work from home using mine. Hubby and I each have a computer and when we downsized to this cottage we started off in the smallest bedroom. Once I unpacked the genealogy bits as well as work stuff, and hubby started unpacking all his bits and pieces it was obvious we needed the middle room instead. We sit side-by-side with the printer/scanner between us. Any visitors now fight for the single bed in the small room - luckily most of our visitors are single!!!! Our under-stairs is part of the kitchen. It isn't enclosed, and houses the fridge and freezer, behind which is a gap just deep enough to house a few bottles of wine!! At least we don't have to share computers and can please ourselves as it's just the two of us! Sue

I'm in the corner of the lounge at my desk on my old laptop. Have an all singing/dancing PC on the landing that the kids use. I would love to be under the stairs but mine is ...an airing cupboard in the kitchin! You just know a women did not design my house!!! Thought about converting the shed but it's a bit cold out there. LOL. Viv.

If I put the computer in the little room under the stairs, it would be very awkward every time someone wanted to use the loo! I use the smallest bedroom which used to be the sewing room until a few years back when paperwork started coming home with me and took over life as I knew it. Now material and sewing machine are hidden away in the loft and the room is the study. Jacky :-)