The main idea was that players would formulate the party, and have free resting, here. Saying that, I could probably cut down the space to just four desks. As for the boxes, I guess that room felt a little too empty, and I wanted to compensate. I can see cutting off some space in that room since that seems to bother us both.
Side note - Shizu, Masanori, and Nanami are co-workers with this iteration. Shizu isn't the boss. Though, if I make her the boss, maybe I can somehow finagle her name into the newspaper? Which would give me my new game title. Hrm...