Home office and library in a closet - Brief Article

Sunset, Feb, 2000 by Daniel Gregory

* You can put a home office almost anywhere--even in the living room--as long as you like looking at it. But here's another way to go: a home office you can hide. It has been incorporated into a closetlike space along one wall of the living/dining room in this new house on Washington's Lopez Island.

The 2-foot-deep by 13-foot-long space is divided into two sections: One contains a built-in desk with shelving, the other sports floor-to-ceiling book-shelves. A large wood door, salvaged from a Seattle building, slides on a barn-door track from one opening to the other, alternately concealing the "office" or the "library." The track extends across the room's entrance, so on particularly cold days, the owners can use the door to cut down on drafts. When the door covers the entry, the office and library can be accessed simultaneously.

DESIGN: Joseph Greene, Architect, Lopez Island, WA (360/468-3655)