Yes, Schedule E instructions not only fail to provide any explanation about where to put your home-office deduction, but they also do not even mention a home office. However, the instructions do say that you can deduct ordinary and necessary business expenses and your home office expenses are ordinary and necessary.
The issue is how to account for those expenses. The most accurate way would be to use Form 8829 to calculate your deductible expenses and enter those expenses on Line 19 Other expenses.
The following TurboTax link has information on how to prepare Form 8829. You will have to complete a "mock" Schedule C to generate Form 8829 with your home office deduction. Print out a copy of Form 8829 for your records to support your home office deduction then delete the "mock" Schedule C.
https://Where do I enter the home office deduction for my business?
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