Cork couple turned their spare bathroom into a home office

 Dr Marc Ó Riain and Deborah Ni Riain created their vibrant workspace in their restored 16th-century cottage in Kinsale 

The home office conversion. Picture: Janice O'Connell, f22

Whether we pulled up our chairs to kitchen tables, bedroom lockers or living room desks during the remote-working boom of the past couple of years, the home office as a go-to workspace is here to stay.

Now that many companies are blending work-from-home and back-to-the-office models, we’ve all become curious about ways we can magic up that essential real estate in our existing square footage.