Well I made the jump and have set up an upstairs office. Why? It's warm up here! In my house, the attic is insulated, and so whatever warmth from the radiators and rising air from downstairs makes its way into this room stays in this room. The greatest advantage of having the office up here is that I can type without my hands getting cold.
I've tried a number of solutions to remain downstairs, but they all seem to have a weakness. Gloves with the fingertips cut out still let the tips of my fingers - where the typing action happens - get freezing cold. I wear vests and sweatshirts, but they get bulky. I've tried space heaters, but they cost extra in electricity. But this solution is going to work. The room is warm, there is a bay-like window with three panes so I can see so much of the outside world from my perch, and I'll be able to catch partial sunsets right from here.
And we don't even lose the use of a bedroom. If company comes, there is a futon for one, and we still have the second bedroom upstairs for a couple. My former upstairs office, which we call the "cold room" because, for reasons unknown, it has no radiator in it, can now be used for storage or even a second bedroom. And when we eventually move downstairs as we age, as long as I can climb the stairs I can have an office. The one downstairs is slated to become our bedroom down the line.
How much time I'll spend up here I don't know. I still have two comfy places to sit downstairs for leisure reading and surfing. This just might be a writing room for now, and that's just fine. I'm pretty privileged to have a house and space dedicated to writing. So yeah, a warm writing room motherfuckers!! It's a sweet development!
