When two people share the same home office, however, that’s when things can get complicated. In a recent post about a George Nelson-inspired home from Apartment Therapy Tech, we showed you an office designed to easily accommodate a husband-and-wife team in Austin. Here are few more smart ways we’ve seen couples, partners, and friends tackle the same issue.

Online art gallery owner Sonja Teri’s Los Angeles apartment uses light-blue Eames Molded Plastic Side Chairs with Wire Bases on opposite sides and ends of a long desk–not too close, but not too far apart. (Photo: apartmenttherapy.com)

More side-by-side desk spaces, this time from artist Carrie Strine and graphic designer and illustrator Tim Lahan in New York City. (We’re wondering, though, why is the right Mac eight minutes behind the left?)

Two Aeron Chairs, face to face, separated only by computers screens and the real estate of a shared square desk. Brilliant–or brave? Photo: sorenrose.com

Opening photo: Freelance writer Alissa Walker and illustrator, graphic designer, and art director Keith Scharwath share a space but not a desk, giving both room to spread out but still stay in close contact.