Creating the Perfect Home Office (Part One)
If you can’t remember, or you choose to forget, in the months prior to the global pandemic, and before the government mandated ‘work from home’ order, working from home was actually on the rise. In fact, the Government Census in the last decade found that the number of Americans who worked from home at least one day a week had increased by a staggering 35% -that’s 4.2 million Americans!
Perhaps then we must all consider that a rather upbeat result from our recent year of pandemic lows is that Americans now have the opportunity to fulfill their employment duties and tasks from the safety and comfort of their home. Hello Home Office!
It goes without saying that the importance of having a well-planned, well-designed, and well-organized home office space cannot be underestimated. Having a clutter-free, organized home office space integrated into your interior design can vastly impact your productivity, stress levels and overall well-being.
For your assistance and to ease every home office working employees’ is stress and anxiety, we have provided a practical guide blog series giving how to recommendations for designing your perfect in-home office space.
1.) Choose the right space.
The answer may not be as obvious as you think. While, geographically, that corner in the living room may seem to make the most sense, it is important to consider the level of future distractions that area could face. Televisions, children, telephones, and pets can all come as unexpected distractions to your productivity. Hence why you should (or must?) choose a home work space that has minimal traffic, minimal use, and minimal access to distractions.
Also, it is of utmost importance to be able to separate work life from home life – the ability to shut a door and “leave work” is absolutely crucial for reducing stress levels and reducing the risk of “burn out”. Perhaps an unused dining room, or formal living room would be a better option for repurposing to your new work area?
2.) Compliment, not Contradict.
Your home office should compliment the rest of your home. If your home has a traditional design with lots of warm tones – then stick with that. Your home office space should seamlessly blend into the design of your home, not scream “cold, soul-less cubicle”.
You also want to avoid clashing design themes. You may have that great desk your mother-in-law gave you, but if it clashes with the flow of the room it may be worth the additional cost to avoid those architectural hiccups. After all, you want your home office to give you a sense of comfort and ease and not be a stark shock to the senses.
3.) Built-in storage.
It may seem like a superfluous or excessive expense to incorporate built- in organization or storage into a home office or work space, but adding furniture to any home can cause clutter – and when it comes to home office, clutter is the enemy. It is recommended that you speak with a home designer and builder about incorporating builtin shelving, cabinets, and drawers into your space. This will not only increase how seamlessly your home office space blends into your home, but will also avoid potential issues with purchasing organizational tools which inevitably add to the problem rather than solve it.
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The design and building experts at Horizon will assist each ‘work from home’ employee to create a needed, and required, functional and satisfying home office space. Check out Horizon’s design ideas and pictures at https://www.horizonremodelinginc.com.
