When you file as married-separate, you must be consistent with your spouse in the way you treat deductions. Since you are taking the standard deduction, you are choosing to split your deductions equally, so it would be appropriate to do the same with respect to mortgage interest, property taxes and insurance.
So, you should enter 50% of your home expenses for the home-office deduction.
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