Petaluma, CA, USA. Monday, April 06, 2020._ Natasha Juliana, owner of WORK Petaluma works in the kitchen of her home as her husband, Matt Moller and their daughter, Adeline, 15 work on the sofa of their living room. (CRISSY PASCUAL/ARGUS-COURIER STAFF)
Petaluma, CA, USA. Monday, April 06, 2020._ Natasha Juliana, owner of WORK Petaluma, a shared workspace in downtown Petaluma, sits in her empty office space that is usually bustling with those who work remotely. Signs taped to the desks read: NOT HERE (social distancing). (CRISSY PASCUAL/ARGUS-COURIER STAFF)

BY KATHRYN PALMER/ARGUS-COURIER STAFF | April 9, 2020, 8:47AM

As the coronavirus outbreak shelter-in-place order inches toward its fourth week, some Petalumans are settling into a new kind of daily work grind in hastily constructed home office corners, at kitchen tables and among couch cushions.

In Petaluma, Natasha Juliana’s two coworking spaces became a magnet for professionals able to work outside the typical office environment. But the shelter-in-place order has made gathering in one place impossible.

For her clients, the primary attraction to a shared working space hinged significantly on the access to other professionals and larger networks. Isolation is a common and serious complaint from those that normally work from home.

Ellen Rawley, a Petaluma resident that owns her own business, used the coworking space as a way to break up her workweek and benefit from a more social work atmosphere.

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