A professional client with two young children, our client needed to balance competing pressures of family and career. By redesigning the house to support effective home working, we helped to achieve that. Structuring the work in phases created the minimum disruption to the family’s lives. We began by converting the loft space. While there was an existing study on the first floor, its position on the middle floor wasn’t ideal for contemplative working. By moving the study to the loft, we created a quiet workspace at a welcome distance from the bustle of family life. There was enough remaining space on that level to create an additional bedroom. The former study was converted into a shower room. Along with this, we opened the wall between the front and rear living rooms, bringing natural light into the space throughout the day from windows situated at the front and back. Installing sliding doors ensured the space could be easily divided into adult and children’s domains as and when required.