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Toronto architects share their design solutions to working and learning at home

Monday, 08 February 2021

With offices closed during the pandemic and many kids kept out of the classroom, families have scrambled to carve out functional remote-learning spaces in homes that weren’t designed for the job.

Faced with space constraints, acoustic challenges, and shortages of office furniture, even architects — experts in conceptualizing interior spaces with time and budget constraints — are struggling to keep up with the demands that school closures are putting on their small, open-concept homes.

Working, studying at home spikes home office furniture sales

Monday, 01 June, 2020

HIGH POINT — A need to work, and study, at home during the COVID-19 pandemic is leading to a spike in home office furniture sales that resources are hoping turns into a long-term trend for the category.

Indeed, sales have picked up in the past two months, particularly via e-commerce channels. Officials are hoping those sales not only continue, but also pick up with the reopening of brick-and-mortar stores.