In this post, I’m going to show you how I created a home office accent wall that works as the perfect Zoom background, with no mess in sight. Something had to change, and it definitely needed to make jumping on Zoom and looking professional a plug-and-play situation. The people on the other end of the camera were usually treated to a background littered with school books, papers, and math problems messily scrawled on the giant whiteboard wall behind us.

We adjusted the layout to fit us all in, but the video calls? They looked like a hot mess. As you can imagine, things started to look a little displaced. If you just want a simple, relatively convincing home office Zoom background, Unsplash probably offers the most choices. SEE: Tips on choosing a realistic Zoom virtual background for your business meetings. And all of us are on multiple Zoom calls a day. Faber Books provided free Zoom backgrounds of some of their favorite backgrounds from around the world.

We added another desk (their 15-minute DIY homeschool desk) plus a craft table. Video conferencing is the new phone call. Now, I share the office with my two kids. The 25 Best Office Backgrounds for Zoom In General 11 Min read T The Coronavirus pandemic has made video conferencing a daily affair for the WFH professionals, as well as those wanting to reach out to friends and relatives. I used to work alone, I only had one desk, and video calls were infrequent (basically nonexistent).

My home office has gone through a lot of changes since I designed it back in 2019.

Zoom background for home office