A home office is a great way to be productive in your own space.
A home office is a great way to be productive in your own space. It can help you with the following activities:
- Adapting to work smarter, not harder
- Better time management, not working harder
- Make music again (for some reason I’m not allowed to make music anymore)
- A quiet place to write or do creative work
- Keep the lights off, and don’t let the sun in!
Five things every home office should have
In this post, I’m going to talk about the things you should have in your home office.
A valuable resource is the book “The Essential Home Office” by Richard Charkin and Arieh Wardak. It goes through a range of people and services in the home office market, explaining why each one is important to your organisation, and what you can do with it.
A comfortable chair
The office chair is a crucial piece of furniture that we use every day to get work done. The ergonomics and ergonomic design of the chair has changed dramatically over the years, but it’s still important to get it right because of the position your body needs to be in for optimal productivity.
The chair should be comfortable enough to keep you there for a few hours without much effort, without needing to adjust it too much. It should also be durable enough to withstand repeated use during a shift.
A good office chair is a good investment, especially if you have limited desk space (or don’t have any). If you’re looking for help with your home office furniture buying — or are just looking for some advice on what works in your space — check out our post on 15 great ideas.
A desk
There are a lot of different ways to approach your desk. It is one of the most discussed spaces in the home office. It is a place where you work, sleep and play, so it must be comfortable and functional for you.
There are four basic types of desks:
- Standing desks; this is the most common in offices and is where you sit at your desk from start to end.
- Topsats; this desk sits on top of your chair, allowing you to move around with ease.
- Laptops; these types of desks are designed to be more ergonomic than traditional chairs and allow users to work while standing up or sitting down (though they still cannot be used in the traditional sense).
- Chairs; these types of desks come with built-in chairs (and their own wheels), allowing users to switch between sitting down and standing up easily.
The type of desk also depends on how often you sit at it (a standing desk will be more useful if you typically work until late at night), what type of computer desktop(s) you use (i.e., laptop, computer monitor, etc.) or what kind of space (for example, open vs enclosed).
You can easily make the choice between either a solid or an adjustable desk. A solid one should have no wobbling on its legs or armrests – it should sit perfectly flat on whatever surface it is attached to – but add in enough flex points so that it can be angled in any direction without any hassle.
Adjustable ones tend to tilt away from their centre point when leaning back or forward, which makes them better for people who find their feet sometimes slip off their sides while they’re working… but they also make them less stable overall because there’s always a risk that something will get knocked out from under them when they lean over too far at one time.
Good lighting
The right lighting will help you:
– Create a feeling of warmth and comfort
– Fill your space with natural light
– Allow you to see the room
– Increase productivity and efficiency; it will make you work better, feel happier, and be more productive.
– Make your home office feel welcoming and inviting
– Give you a sense of security and peace of mind as you work in your home office
– Give you the opportunity to work more efficiently and effectively, at a place that’s easy to navigate in.
– Help reduce anxiety when working after dark, without disturbing others by lowering the lights on the rest of the house.
– Help keep late night noise from disturbing others. It’s no secret that it’s nice to have some privacy when working from home, but when it’s just you, that is often hard to accomplish without some privacy. Not only can having a private workspace be beneficial for your own productivity, but also for that of your neighbours or co-workers too! They may not need privacy all that much themselves but they certainly need it when others are trying to sleep!
If this is something you want or need in your home office then getting professional lighting can be a good investment. Professional lighting gives off an even light throughout the day allowing you to focus on what’s important while still giving privacy for those who are working in their own areas too!
Don’t forget that professional lighting is also going to help protect your workspace from pests such as roaches, spiders, or rats so be sure to invest in quality pest control if needed. Professional lighting can also help keep employees happy as well by providing them with all the information they need for their jobs so it’s definitely worth looking into if this part of your home business is an area where workers need quiet before arriving at work.
The best way to give off natural light is with natural daylight, which comes from windows and glass buildings so look into getting windows installed yourself or consult experts who do this type of work who should be able to give you advice on how best to go about this task (this article has lots of great information on how best to instal window shades).
Natural sunlight brings with it a number of benefits including providing increased vitamin D production (which helps reduce stress), increased eye health (which makes people more creative), increased sleep (that’s what we all want!).
A printer
Every year we survey people and ask them what they want. We publish the results on our survey site, Survey Gizmo.
The results are interesting, with a combined total of 5.5 million responses this year. Here is what the top things people wanted:
- A printer
- A desk lamp
- A phone charger
- A soft drink machine
- A chair with a backrest (to make it easier to sit down)
What’s surprising is that people don’t want any of these things, so there must be something else going on here. First of all, we find that home office offices vary widely in size and purpose from person to person and even work place to work place; some homes have lots of space for a desk but very little for a printer; some have lots of space for a printer but very little for a desk; some have no space at all for either one, or both.
So your situation may well be different from someone else’s. One way to deal with this is to look at your needs as unique — if you don’t need anything you can buy it anyway — but another is to take into account that many people will want more than one thing despite their needs being different from each other because they spend time in different places and use different kinds of equipment in their workplace.
If you can think about how people will use your product at home (e.g., what kind of furniture they would like in their room), then you can do the rest (and hopefully make it cheaper). Changing the product itself doesn’t seem quite as useful here as changing its price or getting much better support from your vendor — perhaps because most home offices don’t spend much time in front of it anyway and so most users won’t notice much difference even if they do get stuff they already want or need.
You may also not care about getting something new at all once you have it — so long as it works fine and doesn’t cost too much! But again, these are just suggestions based on our research which was conducted primarily among GPs who were highly satisfied with their practises already; our study also includes users who aren’t satisfied yet but are interested enough to share their experiences and opinions so we can learn more about the features they need, especially those that aren’t highlighted in the survey results listed above) .
A storage solution
You have to have a place to store all the stuff you don’t need on a daily basis, whether it is stuff you buy, or things your children brought from home. I don’t know what the ideal storage solution is for you, but I’m sure there are some out there (and probably some that are better than others). And even for something so simple as that, can you get more bang for your buck?
I will tell you now: it doesn’t matter how much storage space you have in your home office, as long as it is up to the task of storing stuff. If you want to do more with less space and maximise the value of your time and resources by getting more done with less effort, this post should help.
Conclusion
By following these simple tips, you can create a functional and stylish home office that will help you get the job done.
A great home office is not just a place where you can do your work. It should also be a place where you feel comfortable. You need to be able to focus, so the right furniture and accessories help you do your best work.
Here are five of the most important things every home office should have:
- A desk with a high-back ergonomic chair that fits your height, body type and position in the room.
- A big enough table surface that lets you spread out work as well as keep it organised at hand and away from prying eyes (and paws).
- A built-in bookcase or shelves that don’t take up too much space and can store your important files and documents safely out of sight — even if they are not visible from outside the room.
- A storage cabinet for small items or personal items like your computer, phone or wallet — so you can easily find them when you need them next (even if they aren’t visible from outside the room).
- An ergonomic chair so you can sit comfortably for long periods of time without getting tired (it helps improve focus too).