The Office

The second most important room in the house is the office. Why? Because it's in that office that we're able to make the money that pays the bills.

The office is the largest we've even enjoyed. It's 16' x 17' for a total of 272 square feet of space. Compared to the 140 square feet of the commandeered family room in our Bay Area house and the paltry 95 square feet in our last rental, it's a veritable palace!

We even have room for all our file cabinets, computer components, office supplies, and the like. Never before have we had all these office-related things actually in the office. They've always been tucked away in whatever spaces we could find.

There's an extra return air register in the room to aid in removing the air heated by the computers and associated equipment. There's also be a floor box that contains connections for a shared electrical circuit, a dedicated electrical circuit for the computers, and various datacom ports for networking, telephone, and Internet access.