Today I learned you can use #SSHFS to auto mount a directory over SFTP such that it appears like a local directory to desktop userland applications. I've noticed that some applications don't like letting you save files directly to GVFS or other locations for network folders mounted by the user, but SSHFS just uses SFTP and can run at boot via fstab to make a network mount look like a local folder. Very handy for sharing folders with VMs in a transparent manner.