It is a Thursday afternoon and I am frantically vacuuming, trying to strike the right balance between sterile and homely. Do I have time to buy biscuits? Too late, there is a knock at the door. My guest, whom I met via an app, is here.
This is not a date in the romantic sense, though I have the jitters. Rather, I am hosting a stranger to work alongside me in my kitchen, to test out a new concept called home co-working. It appeals to lonely freelance workers hoping to find a sense of community without incurring the expense of formal co-working spaces — think of it as Airbnb meets WeWork.
The app that introduced us is called KitchinTable. It matches female hosts with female guests, in the latest iteration of the home co-working trend.