5 tiny offices that let you work from your own backyard

The INshed is one of many options for a backyard tiny office.Chus Alonso/INshed

• Since the coronavirus hit the US, millions of people have been working from home. For some, it has been tough to separate their home life from work life or find a successful designated work area.
• This has resulted in an increased interest in tiny offices as a work-from-home solution.
• B&B Micro Manufacturing in Adams, Massachusetts, offers two models of backyard offices, both of which are highly customizable and can come travel-ready on a trailer.
• INshed in Elgin, Illinois, has seen an uptick in tiny office orders and expects to sell around 20 this month.

Before the coronavirus pandemic hit the US, working from home was seen by some as a once-in-a-while luxury, something you had to clear with supervisors to make sure your work production didn't suffer. But since mid-March, millions of people have been working remotely from home. Now, companies like Dropbox and Microsoft are letting their employees work from home permanently, and many other companies are considering letting employees continue to work from home after the pandemic.

For some, the transition to working from home was seamless and even benefited their mental health, but for others, trying to balance family life and work life under one roof has been challenging. Enter backyard offices, the newest trend in the tiny living world hoping to spice up the work-from-home game.

With companies looking for an alternative to office space and people in need of a new home office, here are five tiny office companies around the world offering a fresh perspective on working from home.