[CoffeeOnWrite]

Heh, a neutral wall in my 600 sq ft place? I have such limited layout options to put my desk, that would be an additional challenging constraint.

Virtual backgrounds are popular in my workspace, and I think a more general solution to the issue. I'm not a huge fan of virtual backgrounds, they make things even more artificial, anyhow I would use them occasionally but for the fact that Google Meet does not support them in Firefox.

[nicoburns]

A simple blur can be a good compromise if you want to hide your room. Although personally I just make sure it's tidy and allow people to see it.

[gkop]

Yep, simple blur seems most classy, thanks for mentioning that as it wasn't directly implied by "virtual background". To be clear, Google Meet does not support a simple blur on Firefox. (I could use a virtual camera, but as I mentioned in another comment.. I don't care enough)

[iso1631]

If you're concerned just get a roll up picture or greenscreen for your background

[ghaff]

Yeah, I have my office pretty well arranged as a "set" but I do have some very utilitarian metal file cabinets behind me. I was mulling making furniture changes but ended up just draping a fabric hanging over the cabinets from a curtain rod. Take about 30 seconds if I need to get into the cabinets for some reason.

I care less about meetings but I also shoot some video so needed some sort of decent setting anyway.