The Flexible Living Report: How Working From Home has changed our houses

It's not news to say that the way we use our homes has dramatically changed over the last six months as we learn to work from home, school from home and get used to all being within the same four walls all the time. And John Lewis & Partners published a report yesterday which reveals how we have adapted our homes over the last six months to help us live more flexibly, as we have tried to find space to work, exercise, play, cook and just be on our own. While they don't claim to be the first it's certainly one of the earliest, and most extensive, reports I have seen on how our homes have changed this year and it makes fascinating reading.

wall desk by westelm at john lewis and partners

“The Flexible Living Report: Redefining The UK’s Homes For a New Chapter in Twenty-First Century Living” found that we have ditched open plan living which is the first major change in how we use our homes since the 1970s when open plan living first took off.

Of course these changes were sparked by the necess…