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Work, rethought from the desk up
Fernwick Workrooms began with a simple frustration: offices were either soulless cubicles or expensive leases. We built the third option — flexible, beautiful workrooms where freelancers, startups and growing teams do their best work.
Built by people who wanted a better desk
We opened our first workroom in Chicago with forty desks, one espresso machine, and a belief that environment shapes output. Today more than 750 members work across our San Francisco, New York and Chicago houses — designers beside developers, founders beside freelancers.
What hasn't changed is the formula: inspiring rooms, honest pricing, fast internet, good coffee, and a community team that actually knows your name. No long leases. No hidden fees. No working alone unless you want to.
Three principles behind every workroom
Flexibility first
Scale from a day pass to a private office without renegotiating your life. Your plan should fit your work — never the other way around.
Community is infrastructure
Introductions, shared lunches, founder breakfasts — serendipity is a feature we maintain on purpose, with a team dedicated to it.
Details are the product
Ergonomic chairs, reliable HDMI cables, phone booths on every floor, coffee that never runs out. Small things, compounded daily.
A vibrant community, not just square footage
Members join for the desks and stay for the people. Weekly demos, monthly showcase nights, skill-share lunches and a member directory that actually gets used — Fernwick is where solo workers find collaborators and startups find their first customers.
- Weekly community lunches and Friday demos
- Founder breakfasts and skill-share workshops
- Member directory and dedicated community team
- Wellness rooms, snack bar and 24/7 access
Come see a workroom in person
Words and photos only go so far. Walk the floors, try the chairs, meet the community team — free, no pitch attached.