I ive in a cottage (cottarhouse) with extention and attic rooms.Short on cupboards these people in 1845 worked on farms subsided by keeping hens and a pig hence a large garden.They had few possessions.People had a chest (kist) kept under the beds.
So I use space well.A cabinet maker build a shelve under a window sill with a retractable desk for this laptop.I sit beside this in a very comfortable armchair.Turn a little and hey presto my computer is at hand.Is my right hand.When not in use it tidily goes back.Some times even with feet on a footstool.We do have a work /sewing room with the main computer when I have long work to attend to.
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