Which space is more important for determining your wellbeing, work or home?

Vs.

Most working adults in Western nations spend more waking hours at work than at home. Why do people spend so much time at work (and on long commutes) in order to spend as much as they can on large, ostentatious homes that they don’t spend much time enjoying and that they just want to get away from as soon as they can get a week or two of vacation?

Why don’t people spend more resources making their workplaces beautiful more like they spend at home?